This Day in Alaskan History-May 16th, 1924

Photo: The Douglas World Cruisers above Seward, Alaska. National Archives [content id=”79272″]

Photo: The Douglas World Cruisers above Seward, Alaska. National Archives [content id=”79272″]

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Veteran musher Dallas Seavey (bib #7), of Talkeetna, Alaska, is the first musher to reach the Cripple checkpoint, which is halfway point of the Northern Route in Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®. Seavey arrived at 8:09 p.m. with 15 dogs in harness. By arriving first in Cripple, Seavey wins the Dorothy G. Page Halfway Award and has a […]

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