WMTW Portland ME on MSN15d
Great Race of Mercy: Maine man recreates famed dog-sled run 100 years later
Next week marks 100 years since the conclusion of the Great Serum Run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life-saving medication to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome. The town was ...
The Associated Press on MSN10d
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...
Boston Herald15d
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has been ... His team, led by his dog Togo, traveled more than 250 miles of the relay, including a treacherous stretch across frozen Norton Sound.
Portland Press Herald16d
Maine’s already got 31 state symbols. A reptile, amphibian and dog could be next.
Togo became famous after leading a dog team that delivered a life-saving diphtheria serum to sick children in Nome, Alaska, in 1925. You might have seen the Disney movie about him. “I know some ...