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Nome's Iditarod and the Lost Continent of Beringia: Alaska's Wild West on the Looney Front, Part 2

2015-10-01 16:20:59| Railroads - Topix.net

After its gold rush days, Nome won everlasting fame as the destination of the original Iditarod dog mushing race, although it was not called that back then. In 1925 a diphtheria epidemic raged in the town and the only way to save the inhabitants from a growing death toll was to get them the antitoxin serum.

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