Prior to the 1978 race, three young ladies were in training for the Iditarod.  Susan Butcher, Varona Thompson, and Shelley Gill  Vandiver.  To get in

Kenneth Huston of the Sheffield Hotel in Anchorage, flew to Nome prior to the 1984 Nome Banquet with 700 pounds of meat, gallons and gallons

Remembering 40 Years of Iditarod… On January 20, 1981, Joe Redington, Sr., Herbie Nayokpuk, and Col. Norman Vaughan represented Alaska in the inaugural parade for

The honorary musher for the 1988 Iditarod was “Muktuk” Marston.  Elsie Marston, his wife, led the pre race festivities and cut the ribbon at the

Gordon Brinker placed 44th in the 1988 Iditarod. His time was 18:07:44:07.  Gordon came to Alaska from Oregon in 1979.  He lived in Shell Lake- where

Jan Masek placed 12th in the 1988 Iditarod.  Masek escaped from Czechoslovakia in as stolen race car.  He came to the United States in 1967.  Masek

Anne Patch of Homer was the administrative coordinator for the 1982 Iditarod.  She also served in that capacity in 1981 so brought a wealth of

Jack Hooker, Montana, in the 1977 Iditarod Trail Annual recalled that he had a strange experience when he left Shaktoolik during the 1976 race.  He’d

Remembering 40 Years of Iditarod. . .  From our archives…. Conrad Saussele placed 29th int the 1988 Iditarod.  In the 1989 Iditarod Trail Annual, Conrad