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Hawaii has no state borders, drawn now or in the past, so I'm not sure why that's relevant here, given we're talking about the article's byline. Alaska also has no state borders, though it does have national borders.

In any case, if you were born several generations ago and still don't consider your childhood to be in the distant past, remind me not to get on your bad side :)

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Oh, it's all good. My lawn has plenty of room. You're more than welcome on it.

But, less than sixty years hadly seems like the distant past. However, that's mostly an addendum. You may not have clicked the Wikipedia link but, if you do, you'll see quite a few changes.

It turns out that I'm older than the State of Alaska and Hawaii. I'm am pretty old, but, damn it! That's not the distant past. Dinosaurs roamed in the distant past. I am not a dinosaur. Well, I'm not a fossil.

Edit: By the way, not all of the Hawaii territory is part of the State of Hawaii. And some islands are changing their borders all the time.

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