December 6, 2018  ECHO Magazine statehood-part-2/ Read Part One Here Bob Bartlett Tangible final steps toward Alaska Statehood began in 1955, but a lot had to happen before that. The Territorial Legislature was a creation of the Second Organic Act of Congress, passed in 1912. This act allowed five things the legislature COULD do … Continue reading Why Alaskans Wanted Statehood Part 2 of 2