The race had lots of history about it.According to the article titled Iditarod The Last Great Race by Don Bowers stated that "Mushers and their teams played important but remembered roles in World War ll in Alaska" also that "Dorothy Page, chairman of this committee, conceived the idea of a sled dog race over the historically significant Iditarod trail". This illustrates that there was several different historical events behind this race.
The race was inspired by many different