Sled Socks
Description: During the gold prospecting period of the early 1900s, non-Natives named the village north of the Nome Census Area in Alaska "Mary's Igloo," after an Inupiat woman named Mary, who welcomed miners, trappers and others into her home for coffee. During that period, Mary's Igloo was a transfer point for supplies for the gold fields upriver on the Kuzitrin and Kougarok rivers. The supplies were offloaded from ocean boats onto barges, which were towed to their destinations. A post office and store were opened at Mary's Igloo in 1901. By the 1910 census, Mary's Igloo was a community of 141 Inupiat and Anglo-Americans, who were miners, innkeepers, missionaries and support crews for the barges. It had schools, a post office and other services.
Description: Siberian Huskies are sled dogs from the icy northern reaches. They are of the spitz family, bred by the Chukchi people of Siberia. They were introduced to Nome Alaska during the gold rush where they were bred with local dogs to create the Alaskan Husky. Nowadays, Siberian Huskies are mostly bred for house pets, but still pull sleds competitively.
