2010 Mushing History Conference

 

The 2010 Mushing History Conference will be held in Willow, Alaska, on Sept. 25 and 26, in conjunction with the 2010 Willow Dog Mushers Association Symposium. The WDMA Symposium will include a broad range of canine athlete-related programs, and the Symposium's keynote speaker will be Mary Shields, the first woman to run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in 1974.

The 2010 Mushing History Conference is still in the early planning stages, but the first Mushing History Conference, held in November, 2009 in Anchorage and Wasilla, Alaska, brought together many veteran mushers and a broad assortment of authors, historians, researchers, storytellers, writers and photographers for a wonder-filled weekend of exploring the colorful history of man's travel via dog team.