iditarod mushers: Susan Butcher Day... Iditarod Alaska
- 03/06/16 06:00 AM
Alaska..... Iditarod! Official Re-Start is Today! Today is the official Re-Start of the Iditarod! Looks like 85 mushers and their dog teams will take out of Willow at 2 PM today for the Last Great Race! People from all over the world are here to watch the race! So while we wait for the end of the race and the winners and their dogs to claim their victory... it is a good time to reflect on the winners of the past.... And one must always think of Susan Butcher... the gal who showed us all what determination and (17 comments)
iditarod mushers: IDITAROD 2010 MUSHERS TO HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS & MILITARY WIDOWS
- 03/06/10 07:11 PM
IDITAROD 2010 MUSHERS TO HONOR FALLEN SOLDIERS & MILITARY WIDOWS This is a new and wonderful part of the Iditarod 2010.... One hundred military widows will be in Anchorage this week to be honored at the 38th annual Iditarod. As the widows look on, six mushers - Martin Buser, Jeff King, DeeDee Jonrowe, Sue Allen, Michelle Phillips and Judy Currier will carry ribbons with the names of the fallen military heroes who have lost their lives in service to their country. The widows are attending the 2010 TAPS National Military Widow Gathering March 3-7. The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) was founded (0 comments)
iditarod mushers: Iditarod 2010 The Spirit of Alaska! More Than a Race…
- 03/04/10 07:09 PM
Iditarod 2010 The Spirit of Alaska! More Than a Race… The Iditarod Begins this weekend in Anchorage Alaska….then to Eagle River and then on to Wasilla for the restart… then it is the historic trail to Nome… The 1,149 Mile race to Nome commemorates the brave mushers and dog teams who saved the lives of hundreds of people in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic. So check out some of these links especially http://www.iditarod.com the official site of the Iditarod …. Here you can find the history of the Iditarod and the story of the mushers, and their dogs ….it took them (25 comments)