Wally Hickel, Arliss Sturgelewski, Bill Ray, Elmer Rasmusson, Jay Hammond, Clem Tillion,  Terry Miller, John Sackett,- These are just a few of the pre-oil Alaska Republican leaders who held more of an Alaska-Wide and All-Alaskan perspective rather than simply a rigid oil corporation or us-them perspective. If you don't recognize their names, you might want to do a bit of reading.