1,500 miles long
There are two routes for the Iditarod Trail and both are 444 miles long.
There is a town on the iditarod trail named idtarod, so they named the trail after it i guess.
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The Iditarod trail got its name from the town of Iditarod, which was a mining settlement along the trail. The trail itself was used as a mail route and supply line during the Alaskan gold rush in the early 1900s.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was created in 1973.
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Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race ends at Nome.
"Rod" in Iditarod refers to the Iditarod Trail in Alaska, which was historically used as a route for delivering mail and supplies during the gold rush. The Iditarod Trail later became famous for the sled dog race that follows the same route, known as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
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Dorothy Page is known as the "mother of the Iditarod trail sled dog race."
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first ran to Nome in 1973, after two short races on part of the Iditarod Trail in 1967 and 1969.The first year the iditarod ran was in 1973. :)