Alaska was one of America’s last remaining frontiers. The isolated region was one full of hardship but offered a quiet ...

His name was Balto, an Alaskan husky and sled dog born in Nome, and he led a team of sled dogs, driven by Gunnar Kaasen and ...

Balto was feted as a hero, the subject of books and films, and the dog’s taxidermy mount still stands on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. But that was not the end of Balto’s ...

But two years later, a Cleveland businessman found Balto and his team in Los Angeles, neglected and miserable. He quickly raised $2,000 from Clevelanders to buy the dogs, who got a hero's welcome ...