Lamb and Chicken. Rice. Pig Ears and Feet. Rawhide. Daddy's old Cigars. Samuel Adams Winter Lager.
Music:
Stasera (This is Mommy and Daddy's band)
Movies:
Anything that has to do with Hell.
Television:
The Filipino Channel.
Heroes:
In the winter of 1925, Nome was stricken with
an epidemic of Diphtheria ;antitoxin was used up
quickly and more was needed. It was January when
the first victim , a young child, died from
diphtheria. The disease spread quickly and the
local clinic filled with sick individuals. The
supply of antitoxin in Nome was small and was
quickly used up. People would die without the
medicine used to treat the potentially deadly
disease. The local telegraph operator located
the nearest supply of serum in Anchorage , 955
miles South of Nome.The serum was transported
by train as far northward as possible.The train
came to a halt in Nenana and could not go any further.
The only way of transporting the antitoxin from Nenana
658 miles northward to Nome was by siberian husky
dog sled teams.Husky Sled dog teams were sent out in an
effort to relay the antitoxin 658 miles from Nenana
through artic blizzards and dangerous wilderness
back to stricken Nome. The trip from Nome to Nenana
was terrible in any time of the year, but in the
middle of an artic blizzard it was extremely dangerous.
As the siberian husky teams pressed forward through the
high winds and blowing snow the disease in Nome spread
rapidly. In order to speed up transportation , relay
teams were sent out from the other direction to carry
the serum from Nenana northward. The sled dog teams from
Nome and Nenana ran night and day pushing through the
blinding snow. Toward the end of the fourth day Seppalla
had traveled 170 miles from Nome. As he was coming up
on the village of Shaktolik he passed a driver that said
“I have serum turn backâ€.Night was approaching swiftly as
they made their way back across the ice. Finally they
reached the village of Cheenik, where the last relay husky
team took the serum.On the morning of February 2,1925 ,
the last relay sled dog team, driven by Gunnar Kasson
with lead dog Balto reached Nome .The news of the Serum drive
spread quickly and Seppala and the Siberian Husky made History.Leornard Seppalla and the Siberian Husky gained
international acclaim for their effort in relaying
antitoxin to Nome. Seppalla traveled the greatest distance
with his dog Togo in lead. He traveled a total of 340 miles.
Senator Dillwas so impressed , he made the story of the serum
drive part of the Congressional Record.Since Seppalla had
traveled the greatest distance across treacherous land, he
was given the title “the world’s greatest sled dog driverâ€.
Seppalla’s lead dog Togo lived out his life in great comfort.
Togo died December 5, 1929.Togo’s body was prepared for
exhibition by Ralph C. Morrill of the Peabody Museum at
Yale University. Togo was then moved to the Shelbourne Museum
in Vermont. People from all over the world still come to pay
tribute to the little husky dog, who lead the relay team
that traveled the greatest distance. Seppalla, the other
relay teams and the Siberian husky will always be remembered
for their courage and endurance that saved the people of Nome.
