The original purpose and architects of Ranikot Fort are unknown. Despite the fact that a prehistoric site of Amri is nearby, there is no trace of any old city inside the fort and the present structure has little evidence of prehistoric origins.It is located 30 km southwest of small town Sann,Sindh.
Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3,1959. View the Alaska Statehood Act from the National Archives collection. Alaskans elect a governor and a lieutenant governor to four-year terms.
In 1867 Russia sold Alaska to the United States, and in 1959 Alaska became the 49th state in the... American physician, Congregational missionary to the Indians in the territories of present-day Washington and Oregon, and a pioneer who helped open the Pacific Northwest to settlement.