Iditarod – the Trail or the Race…which came first?
Definitely the Trail came first. Way ahead of the Race. In fact, the history of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race needs to start with the history of the Iditarod Trail on which the race is run. Trails in the region go back thousands of years, long before Europeans settled in Alaska, when native Alaskans travelled along the trails to trade and transport goods. Much later, the Russians developed parts of the trail as supply routes between fur trading posts. The…
