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Iditarod celebrates a musher's memory not the serum run; ... Joe Redington, Sr. later expanded the original 1967 event making it longer and more lucrative. Half of the 1925 serum run was done by train. Dogs ran in relays for the remaining 674 miles, with no dog ... So, it does definitely, definitely not commemorate history."; -
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www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks-iditarodhistory.htm
www.helpsleddogs.org/remarks-iditarodhistory.htm
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Joe Redington, Sr. later expanded the original 1967 event making it longer and more lucrative. There are few similarities between the route of the serum delivery and the present-day Iditarod dog sled race routes.
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www.helpsleddogs.org/faq.htm
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The musher is one of dozens who started the Iditarod sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome – officially to commemorate the contributions of courageous mail carriers through the Alaskan interior but in reality an occasion to pit themselves against the elements, to prove their courage and ingenuity in the face of...
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www.canismajor.com/dog/iditarod.html
www.canismajor.com/dog/iditarod.html
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Thirty-four years after it was first run, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race still bills itself as "The Last Great Race on Earth," and the history and tradition of the event help to support this claim. ... The annual race is held to commemorate the historic serum run back in 1925, when a diphtheria epidemic threatened the town of...
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usparks.about.com/bliditarod.htm
usparks.about.com/bliditarod.htm
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Today this historic event is commemorated with the world famous Iditarod Sled Dog Race. The competition starts in Anchorage on the first Saturday in March. The first musher arrives in Nome approximately 10- 1 2 days later.
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www.alaskanet.com/Tourism/Activities/iditarod/history.h...
www.alaskanet.com/Tourism/Activities/iditarod/history.html
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The word "Iditarod" comes from the Indian word haiditarod that means "far distant place." Traditionally, ... Her assignment was to organize some event that would commemorate the purchase of Alaska from Russia by the U.S. Dorothy's idea was to stage a spectacular dog race to wake Alaskans up to mushers and dogs had done for...
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www.brownielocks.com/iditarod.html
www.brownielocks.com/iditarod.html
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In order to commemorate this event, the Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome was established. Each year men and women compete for $68,000 in prize money and the chance to take on the rugged and wild terrain of Alaska.
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www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/levels/lesson_plans/v/lastg...
www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/levels/lesson_plans/v/lastgreatrace/lastgreatrace_print.html
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An Event for All Alaska ... The Iditarod Trail, now a National Historic Trail, had its beginnings as a mail and supply route from the coastal towns of Seward and Knik to the interior mining camps at Flat, Ophir, Ruby and beyond to the west coast communities of Unalakleet, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain and Nome.
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www.iditarod.com/learn/
www.iditarod.com/learn/
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While the Iditarod has become by far Alaska’s best-known sporting event, there are a dozen other major races around the state every winter, such as the grueling thousand-mile Yukon Quest, the Kobuk 440, the Kusko 300, the Klondike 300, and the Copper Basin 300. In a revival of age-old tradition, some entire villages...
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www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html
www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html
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