umber ing ▁and ▁related ▁indust ries ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁basis ▁for ▁its ▁economy . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁comes ▁from ▁the ▁poem , ▁" The ▁Ple asures ▁of ▁Hope ", ▁by ▁the ▁Scottish ▁poet ▁Thomas ▁Campbell . ▁The ▁original ▁sp elling ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁in ▁Campbell ' s ▁poem ▁was ▁" O onal aska " ▁( an ▁Ale ut ian ▁island ▁and ▁fish ing ▁village ). ▁ ▁Other ▁places ▁named ▁On al aska ▁are ▁in ▁Ark ansas ▁( now ▁def unct ), ▁Texas ▁and ▁Washington ; ▁they ▁are ▁histor ically ▁linked ▁to ▁one ▁another ▁through ▁the ▁l umber ▁industry . ▁In ▁Al aska , ▁the ▁modern ▁day ▁city ▁of ▁Un al aska ▁and ▁Un al aska ▁Island ▁are ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁On al ask as ▁through ▁Thomas ▁Campbell ' s ▁poem . ▁Un al aska ▁is ▁the ▁original ▁O onal aska ▁or ▁On al aska ▁or ▁" O unal ash ka " ▁( Russ ian ▁sp elling ) ▁imm ort al ized ▁by ▁Campbell . ▁ ▁Geography ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁city ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁ ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁On al aska ▁lies ▁immediately ▁north ▁of ▁La ▁C ros se , ▁on ▁the ▁Black ▁River . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁second ▁largest ▁city ▁in ▁La ▁C ros se ▁County . ▁ ▁N amed ▁streams ▁within ▁the ▁current ▁corpor ate ▁limits ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁include ▁the ▁Black ▁River , ▁the ▁La ▁C ros se ▁River ▁and ▁Sand