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Lets face it officer Jon Baker on CHiPs was by far the coolest cop to ever grace a Sunday Night Prime Time line-up in the late 70s and 80s. He made all of the ladies swoon with his knee high boots and his suave, awe shucks attitude. Jon Baker was born in Rawlins, Wyoming and raised on a ranch. Jon referred …

Decades before my Iditarod dreams were even a simple fantasy there were families that would change the landscape of this Last Great Race that would become a dynasty. Today when you hear the names Seavey, Redington, and Mackey you think of just one thing: Iditarod Champions. Seavey Lets take the Seavey’s first. Dan Seavey, Sr. was one of the first …

  March 11, 1824: The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

When you see all of the mushers line up for the ceremonial start on Fourth Avenue on Saturday to begin the Iditarod, you see just about everything. There are teams with big name corporate sponsors like banks and hardware stores. There are others that are driving up to Anchorage from far off lands in a dog trucks that looks like …

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  March 10, 2000: The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.

In covering the Iditarod there is a constant stream of analysis by arm-chair quarterbacks and veterans alike. There are so many blogs, tweets and Facebook posts that boggle the mind. There is news, public interest pieces and tons of videos on YouTube. And then there are stories. The Iditarod trail is a brutal place. Some call may call it the …

  As I was driving to pick up one of the dogs that was dropped from the Serum Run expedition by my friend Erin at the Anchorage Airport last night a funny thing occurred to me… Sled dogs don’t know that you are going to a place called Nome. They have no idea how long it will be before you …

  March 9, 1959: The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.