Now known as the Great Race of Mercy or the Nome Serum Run of 1925, a dog named Balto led the last leg of the journey — and emerged as a hero. Inside The Nome Serum Run Of 1925 Born around 1919 ...

That bond between human and dog remains strong, 100 years after Balto’s job was done,” Moon added. As diphtheria – a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection – spread among Nome’s ...