During a recent wind storm, our sign at Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla fell to the ground. We are working on a plan to replace our sign. Please revisit this article over the next few months for updates.
By Joanne Potts, Assistant to the Race Director and Richard Kelley Richard Kelley has been volunteering at the Iditarod since 2008. He was born and raised in southwestern Pennsylvania. He was raised in a log house built in the early 1800’s about 12 miles from where he now lives. He says that he was brought …
Shelley Gill – 1978 Iditarod Dog Musher, Alaskan Author, and Whale Detective By Joanne Potts, Assistant to the Race Director, and Shelley Gill Shelley Gill is best known as the writer of 30 best selling children’s books, including Kiana’s Iditarod. But Shelley was also the fifth woman and 104th musher to complete the Iditarod Trail Sled …
It’s ‘thumbs up’ from Mr. Rod Udd, Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM and congratulations to Darwin Fischer, Wasilla, and Kenneth Simpson, Soldotna, 2016 Dodge Ram 4×4 Pickup Truck winners in our 2016 Summer Raffle. Thank you Anchorage Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM for your support of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®. Tickets for the …
By Joanne Potts, Assistant to the Race Director and Donna Massay Finishing in 10th place in the 1980 Iditarod, Donna Gentry was the first female to finish as rookie of the year. She finished the race in 15 days, 16 hours, 39 minutes, and 6 seconds. Donna grew up in Laconia, New Hampshire. She explained …
By Joanne Potts, Assistant to the Race Director and Gail Somerville Gail Somerville moved from Los Angeles to Alaska in 1978, just in time to watch the Iditarod finish on television at the Iditarod table at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Anchorage. She was immediately captured by the excitement and the mystic of individual mushers with …
Prize Winners Iditarod Trail Committee Raffle (Drawn September 5, 2016, State Fair, Palmer, AK) Prize # Ticket # Winner Prize Donated By 1 0786 Darwin Fischer, Wasilla 2016 Dodge Ram 4×4 Pickup Truck, you pick color & options, or a similarly priced New Dodge, Jeep or Chrysler vehicle …
Annie Kelley, a 4th grade teacher at Saint Andrew School in Chicago, IL, is the 2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™. Iditarod’s educational department is proud to welcome Annie to the team of educators who strive to help teachers use cutting edge technology and Iditarod lessons with their students so the students may achieve academic …
Natalie Norris passed away on August 28, 2016 in her home in Willow, Alaska. Born in Lake Placid on Jan. 24, 1922, to John Chester and Edgarita Jubin, Natalie demonstrated her passion for sled dogs at an early age. One of her first memories was watching Jacques Suzanne drive his dogs past her house on …
