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2. Alaska's 52nd annual Iditarod sled dog race mushes to ... - AOL

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   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -The world's most famous sled-dog race got under way on Saturday when 38 mushers and their canine teams, one of the smallest rosters of competitors ever, lined up in ...

3. List of sled dog races - Wikipedia

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   The first sled dog race to feature a codified set of rules was the All-Alaska Sweepstakes, which first took place in 1908. This was followed in 1917 by the American Dog Derby, which was the first sled dog race outside Alaska or the Yukon. [1] In 1929 the Laconia World Championship Sled Dog Race" was first held in the city of Laconia, New Hampshire.

4. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Wikipedia

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   The race's namesake is the Iditarod Trail, which was designated as one of the first four US National Historic Trails in 1978. [5] The trail, in turn, is named for the town of Iditarod, which was an Athabaskan village before becoming the center of the Inland Empire's [a] Iditarod Mining District in 1910, and then becoming a ghost town at the end of the local gold rush.

5. Transportation in Alaska - Wikipedia

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   Various races are held around the state, but the best known is the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a 1,150-mile (1,850 km) trail from Anchorage to Nome. The race commemorates the famous 1925 serum run to Nome in which mushers and dogs like Balto took much-needed medicine to the diphtheria -stricken community of Nome when all other means of ...

6. Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association opens new venue ... - AOL

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   Nov. 18—When John Rasmussen joined the Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association, the organization's clubhouse was spartan — a bare-bones building that generated heat from the crowds that would ...

7. Anchorage, Alaska city guide: What to do and where to ... - AOL

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   There are four tours a day. Gone to the dogs It involves a trip ut of town, but in summer a jaunt to meet the Ididaride husky dogs in Seward, just over two hours away, is a highlight. The Seavey ...