Post by beana51 on Dec 20, 2012 20:53:10 GMT -5
Well its not in NOME! The Iditarod Trail was a trail that connected a point 50 miles north of Seward, Alaska, where a forerunner of the Alaska Railroad ended, through Iditarod, Alaska and then to Nome. The trail was about 1,150 miles ) long.
In the winter of 1925, a deadly outbreak of diphtheria struck fear in the hearts of Nome residents. Winter ice had closed the port city from the outside world without enough serum to inoculate its residents. Serum from Anchorage was rushed by train to Nenana and picked up by a sled dog relay. Twenty of Alaska's best mushers and their teams carried the serum 674 miles from Nenana to Nome in just over 127 hours.
This was to be one of the final great feats by sled dogs. Within a decade, air transport replaced the sled dog team as the preferred way to ship mail. With downturns in gold mining, most of the roadhouses closed, boom towns emptied, and the Iditarod Trail fell into disuse.
The Iditarod Dogsled race begins in Anchorage, Alaska & ends in the town of Nome, Alaska. Here amongst a multitude of watering holes!..Start to Finish! ! "MUSH" ;D
In the winter of 1925, a deadly outbreak of diphtheria struck fear in the hearts of Nome residents. Winter ice had closed the port city from the outside world without enough serum to inoculate its residents. Serum from Anchorage was rushed by train to Nenana and picked up by a sled dog relay. Twenty of Alaska's best mushers and their teams carried the serum 674 miles from Nenana to Nome in just over 127 hours.
This was to be one of the final great feats by sled dogs. Within a decade, air transport replaced the sled dog team as the preferred way to ship mail. With downturns in gold mining, most of the roadhouses closed, boom towns emptied, and the Iditarod Trail fell into disuse.
The Iditarod Dogsled race begins in Anchorage, Alaska & ends in the town of Nome, Alaska. Here amongst a multitude of watering holes!..Start to Finish! ! "MUSH" ;D