A government route is surveyed.
An Alaska Road Commission crew scouts the Seward-to-Nome route during the gold-rush era.
More than a gold-rush route.
Older connections.
Alaska Native travel and trading routes preceded gold-rush development. Later transport networks drew on those established connections and winter travel skills.
A winter lifeline.
Gold discoveries expanded traffic between coastal ports and inland mining districts. Mail runs, freight teams and roadhouses supported travellers before aircraft increasingly took over long-distance transport.
The 1925 serum relay followed a route from Nenana to Nome that joined part of the historic trail network. That journey, the wider historic trail and the modern sled-dog race have connected but distinct histories.
Meet the places behind the history ↗Original Alliance source ↗