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Seward | Moose
Pass | Girdwood
| Eagle River
| Eklutna |
| Knik | Skwentna
| Tolovana Roadhouse | Rainy
Pass | Takotna |
| Iditarod | Kaltag
| Galena | Unalakleet
| Golovin | Solomon
| Nome |
Summer
at Tolovana |
Winter
at Tolovana Roadhouse |
Tolovana
Roadhouse
The site was established in 1903
as a Roadhouse & trading post on the mail trail from Fairbanks
& Nenana to Nome.
Tolovana
was the first transfer point in the lifesaving "Serum Run to
Nome" in 1925. A relay of dog teams carried diphtheria antitoxin
to halt the deadly diphtheria epidemic for the 675 miles in temperatures
of -60 F and colder. We highly recommend the book "The Cruelest
Miles" by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury. An excellent telling
of this incredible achievement.
Tolovana
Roadhouse is the last remaining Roadhouse of that time on the
Nenana-Nome mail trail.
It was listed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1989 after extensive restoration.
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