Alaska.

Official Symbols The state flag was designed by a 13-year-old schoolboy, and was adopted in 1927. The blue field is for the sky and the forget-me-not, the state flower. The North Star is for the future of the state of Alaska, the most northerly of the Union. The dipper is for the Great Bear, symbolizing strength.	The Purchase of Alaska On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian minister to the U.S. Edouard de Stoeckl signed an agreement for the United States to purchase Alaska for the sum of $7.2 million (about 2 cents an acre). The agreement was ratified by the Senate on May 28, 1867, and the U.S. flag was raised at Sitka on October 18, 1867.
Fairbanks is the second largest city in Alaska, with a population of approximately 31,000. It was founded as a trading post for gold miners in 1902. Today it is a service center for the mineral development of the Alaskan far north.