1939 ... that was the year that our Marvin was in a dogsled race in Alaska, Nome, Alaska, where the grueling Iditarod just finished this morning. In this photo above, Marvin is standing on the Bering Sea ice!Marvin wasn't in the Iditarod... the race hadn't been started back in 1939. But our Marvin was up there and he ran a race... with a 6 dog team.
Marvin had told us about running dogs... but I had no idea he had pictures... and a trophy! Thanks to his sweet daughter-in-law, Margie, we saw the pictures and the trophy. I told Marvin I needed to blog this... he just smiled and gave me the pictures.
Now the Iditarod is about 11oo miles long. Marvin's race wasn't quite that long. He thought it might have been about 5 miles. Who knows, Marvin's success could have been one of the steps toward the modern Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race!
Lance Mackey coming into Nome to win the 2009 Iditarod.Marvin coming into Nome to win a dogsled race in 1939!
This was the trophy Marvin received for his victory... he told us tonight that it was full of champagne - not tonight, but on February 26, 1939!
Cheers, Marvin!
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