Media Package
The Alliance in brief, facts about the trail, the seal and photographs, for anyone writing about the Iditarod National Historic Trail.
The Alliance in Brief
The Iditarod National Historic Trail, Inc. dba Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance is a statewide nonprofit organization chartered to advance the knowledge, appreciation, and enjoyment of the historic Iditarod Trail.
The Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (Alliance) promotes awareness of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and its gold rush and Alaska Native heritage by encouraging education programs and historical research, assisting in the protection, improvement, maintenance and marking of the Trail, and developing partnerships that foster stewardship, commitments, volunteerism and support.
From The Tripod, Fall 2026, page 1
The Trail in Brief
The Iditarod National Historic Trail consists of a network of nearly 2,400 miles of winter trails that wind between the communities of Seward and Nome. It was named a National Historic Trail by Congress on November 10, 1978.
From Iditarod National Historic Trail Visitor Guide, page 2
The Iditarod National Historic Trail was designated by Congress as a National Historic Trail in 1978 to commemorate the last great American gold rush.
The Seal
Photographs
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A trail tripod at sunset between Kaltag and Unalakleet Photo: Bob Wick, BLM (CC BY 2.0)
Full size, 2600 × 1898 -
SCA Leader Crew, Crow Pass 2017 Photo: Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance
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Iditarod, Alaska, July 21st, 1910 Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (public domain)
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The Rohn River shelter cabin Photo: Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress (Public domain)
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iTREC! 2019-2020 class in Seward, AK Photo: Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance
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Winter bikers between Kaltag and Unalakleet Photo: Bob Wick, BLM (CC BY 2.0)
Full size, 1800 × 1219
The source and terms of every photograph on the site are on Photo Credits.
Questions, Interviews and Pictures
Email the Alliance at iditarodhta@gmail.com, or write to 3705 Arctic Blvd #272, Anchorage, AK 99503-5774.