It took more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to bring the life-saving serum to the community on Feb. 2, 1925.
One hundred years ago today, a sled dog team left Nenana carrying lifesaving anti-toxin medication to save people in Nome ...
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
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The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.
It was loaned to President Warren G. Harding to use at a ceremony marking the completion of the railroad on July 15, near the city of Nenana. At the Christie’s sale this past Friday, it sparked ...
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600 ...
Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) (Uncredited/AP) ANCHORAGE ...
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