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The Petersen Dog Races: Realtor’s idea brightens the dog days of winter

by STEPHEN SHEPPERD/Moving History Forward
| May 3, 2024 1:00 AM

Most everyone reading this probably has heard at some point about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.

That 10-day-long race has been run each March since 1973. The one that follows an arduous 938-mile overland course from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

Less well-known to everyone is the short-lived Coeur d’Alene Sled Dog Races, which covered a distance of three city blocks in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

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