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Iditarod Trail Race Headquarters, Wasilla, Alaska, USA.

Iditarod Trail Race Headquarters, Wasilla, Alaska, USA. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is run by 60-100 teams every March between Anchorage and Nome. In the 1960s, mass introduction of snowmobiles devastated sled dog culture and musher (sled driver) freight routes. In response, a short race of 25 miles was organized in 1967 as part of the centennial celebration of the Alaska Purchase, and by 1973 this became the current race to commemorate historic mushing routes. The Iditarod National Historic Trail (historically the Seward-to-Nome Trail) refers to a thousand-plus mile historic and contemporary trail system in Alaska, begun as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples. Gold discovery brought thousands of along these routes beginning in 1910. The Iditarod National Historic Trail system is administered by the Bureau of Land Management part of the US Department of the Interior.

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Alaska: Independence Mine SHP, Wasilla, 2019 Jun: all Alaska-Canadian Highway, Alaska: Glenn Highway & Tok Cut-Off
Iditarod Trail Race Headquarters, Wasilla, Alaska, USA. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is run by 60-100 teams every March between Anchorage and Nome. In the 1960s, mass introduction of snowmobiles devastated sled dog culture and musher (sled driver) freight routes. In response, a short race of 25 miles was organized in 1967 as part of the centennial celebration of the Alaska Purchase, and by 1973 this became the current race to commemorate historic mushing routes. The Iditarod National Historic Trail (historically the Seward-to-Nome Trail) refers to a thousand-plus mile historic and contemporary trail system in Alaska, begun as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples. Gold discovery brought thousands of along these routes beginning in 1910. The Iditarod National Historic Trail system is administered by the Bureau of Land Management part of the US Department of the Interior.
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