The Petersen Dog Races: Realtor’s idea brightens the dog days of winter
Children’s sled dog races in 1916, looking east on Sherman Avenue.
Photo courtesy Museum of North Idaho
Sled Dog Race competitors, their dogs, and the race organizers. Tallest men, from left, attorney J.V. Hawkins, realtor Joe Petersen, and businessman Henry Glindeman.
Photo courtesy Museum of North Idaho
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.