Denali National Park is home to a peak for which the park is named…Denali…which means The Great One. Many people know it as Mt. McKinley…a name applied when William McKinley ran for president. Whether it’s McKinley or Denai, it’s today’s edition of the American Countryside…
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Skagway, Alaska has a wealth of history from its gold mining days. One of the personalities who shares that story is a lady named Dolly. Her life is a unique blend of history and reality rolled into one very enthusiastic Alaskan…
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Skagway, Alaska has a wealth of history from its gold mining days. One of the personalities who shares that story is a lady named Dolly. Her life is a unique blend of history and reality rolled into one very enthusiastic Alaskan…
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Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who run Alaska’s famous Iditarod, it is a part of their life. We visit with one of the Alaska most well known mushing families…
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Some athletes train for a marathon–a race just over 26 miles in length. This athlete’s family trains for an event that covers over 1100 miles. What kind of work goes into that race?
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For the next three features here on the American Countryside you’re in for a real treat as we discover what it takes to compete in one of the most grueling and storied sporting events in the nation–the famous Iditarod sled dog race…
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When you think of fertile farmland, you perhaps think of a location with deep rich soil in the Midwest. But to find the land growing the largest vegetables in the nation, you have to travel far to the north…
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