To commemerate the serem run to Alaska with Balto AND Togo. This race honors those dogs and all the people involed in saving Nome from Diptheria.
The first Iditarod race to Nome started March 3, 1973.
It first started in 1973. :)
The father of the iditarod is Joe Redington and the mother is Dorothy Page:)
It first started in 1973. :)
are women allowed to race in the iditarod race
no of corse by alot
The "halfway point" checkpoint for the iditarod race is Ophir to Iditarod
there is enough snow in Alaska to actually have DOGS race in a SLED. so they started it there
the race started in 1973 in iditarod and whated to test sled dogs and musher in the race.your welcome collin out peace
The race is named after the town of Iditarod.
Iditarod is from the Alaskan language. It is a dogsled race in Alaska. The race is called the Iditirod Race.
At a time when dog mushing was fading, a man that lived in Knik, Alaska had the idea of a dog mushing race from Knik to Nome. His name was Joe Redington Sr. often called the father of the Iditarod. He started the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in 1973.