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The Iditarod Race: Mail Supply Road

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The Iditarod race is on a mail supply route. In 1925 a trail became a lifesaving highway for the children who live in Nome. There is a medicine that can cure diseases. This medicine has to be delivered to the children that has suffered deadly diseases. The Iditarod race was a historic event on the first weekend of March. The people in Alaska celebrate every year. The first Iditarod race took place in

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