What historic event is commemorated on the first Saturday in March each year by the running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race?

toughynutter

"The annual race is held to commemorate the historic serum run back in 1925, when a diphtheria epidemic threatened the town of Nome, Alaska. With bad weather in the area keeping airplanes on the ground, the much needed serum was raced 674 miles from Nenana to Nome by dog team in 127.5 hours. " http://usparks.about.com/bliditarod.htm Mar 11 07, 11:20 AM

DukeDawson

toughy,...you are correct about the reason for the run but you definitely want to add an "s" to the word team. Twenty in all. Certainly not one dog sled team would be capable of running that many miles in that short a period of time. Phew... Mar 11 07, 11:57 AM

barbaro4ever

The dog-sled run that brought much needed medicine to the town of Nome, Alaska. Remember Balto? Mar 11 07, 1:23 PM