Date of photo: 1925-1929 Photographer: Lomen Bros. Location: Nome, Alaska From the Lomen Family collection, accession number 66-54-239 Notes: Togo was Leonhard Seppala's lead dog in the 1925 "Serum Run" to Nome, which saved the city from a diphtheria epidemic. Although Balto, the lead dog that led another musher's team into Nome itself, received most of the credit (and a statue in New York's Central Park,) it was Togo who led by far the longest leg of the run, over 1/3 of the total distance. |