Nā Ruhia a Alaska i hoko ki Amerika i te 18 Whiringa-ā-nuku 1867. Nō te 3 Kohi-tātea 1959 ka whakatūria hei te 49 o ngā wāhanga whenua o Amerika. Nō te kupu reo Aleut 'Alaskax' te ingoa, ko te whakamāoritanga 'Ehara i te moutere, he whenua kē'.