HISTORY This Week
HISTORY This Week

The Dogs Who Saved Nome, Alaska

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On January 5, 2026, Jirdes Winther Baxter passed away at 101 years old — the last known survivor of the 1925 diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska. A few years ago, we told the story of the Serum Run:...

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