This Day in Alaskan History-March 16th, 1915
Alaska History-March 15th – Balto
Balto, the Alaskan Husky who would become famous for running the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, was euthanized on March 15th, 1933. The reason was determined to be that his age of 14 required it. Balto was used as the lead dog in Gunnar Kaasen‘s sled team, taking diphtheria antitoxin […]
March 14th, 1948
This Day in Alaska History-March 14th, 1917
It was on this day, March 14th, 1917, that a petition for an “Old Lady’s Home” in Skagway was mailed to the Territorial Legislature in Juneau after gaining 354 signatures. While there was great enthusiasm from the people of Skagway for the home, that enthusiasm was not duplicated in the capitol and the […]