Iditarod National Historic Trail Project Jukebox
Sept. 16, 2026
The , an interactive website with oral history recordings related to the 1978 designation of the Iditarod National Historic Trail and its cooperative management, is complete.
This project tells the story of the people who fought for historic trail protection, who brushed out and marked the old historic trail, who have managed the trail for the Bureau of Land Management, and who have made it possible for trail easements to be established across federal, state and private lands to forever protect the Iditarod Trail.
Today, most people are familiar with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which began in 1973, but few know that the Iditarod National Historic Trail exists and recognizes a 2,400-mile system of winter routes that first connected ancient Native villages and later opened Alaska to the last great American gold rush in Flat and Iditarod in 1912.
The Bureau of Land Management coordinates cooperative management of the Iditarod National Historic Trail with other federal, state and private landowners, and in partnership with the statewide non-profit . The Alliance was formed in 1999 to promote trail stewardship, advocate for trail protections, and expand public understanding of the Iditarod Trail and its important place in Alaska’s history.
The Iditarod National Historic Trail Project Jukebox was funded by the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance.