The Associated Press on MSN11d
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN13d
The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
Alaska Railroad's golden spike acquired by Anchorage Museum, cost $200,000
The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the ...
Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...
The Baltimore Sun11d
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails.