The Iditarod Dog Sled Race runs from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska every year... approximately 1,150 miles through snow, wooded areas and over frozen tundra.
The first race began March 3, 1935 and was won by Dick Wilmarth.
The race starts the 1st Saturday of March every year.
It is the longest race in the world.
My heart and sympathies goes out to the family and friends of the "Founder of the Iditarod", Joe Redington, Sr, who passed away June 24, 1999.
Joe was a dog musher in Alaska for the past 52 years. He was 82 years old and planning to run the 2000 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
As the mushers prepare for the upcoming race in 2000, may they and the public remember how it all got started.
