It was on this day, March 17th, 1912, that after 33 years, the contingent of Marines stationed in Sitka, would be pulled out. The reason for the Corps abandoning their station there was that the Navy had stopped using the location for a coaling station. Feeling that there was no further direct need in […]
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 […]
