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  2. Tustumena 200 - Wikipedia

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    The Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race is a dog sled race on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska covering 200 miles. Established in 1983, the race is run each year on the last weekend in January, and has grown in reputation to draw competitive distance mushers from Alaska, the lower 48 , and international locations. [1]

  3. 1925 serum run to Nome - Wikipedia

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    Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails; the route taken during the 1925 serum run is shown in green.. The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5½ days, saving the small town of ...

  4. Slim Williams - Wikipedia

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    Clyde Charles "Slim" Williams (January 14, 1881 – October 9, 1974) was a promoter of the Alaska Highway in the 1930s. Born in California, Willams had first arrived in Alaska in 1900 at the age of 19, looking for adventure. He spent the next three decades trapping, hunting, breeding dogs, and blazing trails throughout the frontier.

  5. Mush! Sled dogs carry on long Alaskan tradition at Denali ...

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    "The reason dog sledding is allowed is it was done on this landscape by Alaska Native peoples for thousands of years before this was a national park, so dog sledding is recognized as a traditional ...

  6. Seavey now has the most Iditarod wins, but Alaska's ... - AOL

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    Alaska's annual Iditarod dog sled race ended with a victory for the ages: One of the biggest names in the sport came from behind after a moose attack to win the grueling, dayslong contest for an ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. 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. [6] 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.

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