When was the first iditarod race run?

Question

When was the first iditarod race run?

Answer 1

The Iditarod is for DOGsledding.

Nothing to do with horses at all.

It was run to celebrate the sled team led by Balto, who in 1925 made a run from  Juneau to Nome, Alaska, bringing lifesaving diptheria medicine to the town's children.

Answer 2

same date the kentucky derby was held

Answer 3

the serum run was in 1925 when diphtheria ran ramped through Nome.

in 1973 however the race we know today was created to commemorate the journey the teams took to bring the serum to Nome.

heres more of the story

http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.ht...