When Dr. Welch realized that deadly diphtheria was about to devastate Nome’s population, he sent an urgent message to public health officials on January 22nd
When Wild Bill Shannon awaited the arrival of the train from Seward bearing the diphtheria anti-toxin, he didn’t need a thermometer to know that he’d
With no roads, no trains and a frozen Bering Sea, shipping options were limited back in 1925 when Nome desperately needed diphtheria anti-toxin. Ground transport
After the Alameda, the final supply ship of the season, pulled anchor and headed to warmer waters, Welch saw more sore throats than usual. Tonsillitis
Dr. Curtis Welch had arrived in Alaska in 1907. He was very familiar with the winters and rather enjoyed the isolation of the ice bound,
When the calendar pages reveal the arrival of January 2025, there’s an anniversary that begs to be celebrated. January of 2025 will mark the 100th
Leaving Shageluk and mushing on toward Anvik, the teams will have fewer miles to go than they have covered. Anvik (AN-vik) is the first checkpoint
Shageluk is almost 160 miles from Takotna, the last village populated with humans. Since departing Takotna, the teams have traveled through the ghost towns of
by Martha Dobson Edgar Nollner and Josephine Roberts. Father and daughter. Volunteers working in Tanana were thrilled to meet Josephine, now 93, who was a
A recent, narrative nonfiction account for middle school age and older, through adults, about a part of WWII kept secret for decades. Find out more
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