The history teacher became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race.

Dan Seavey ran the first Iditarod, in 1973, when mushers and organizers were still trying to figure out if a thousand-mile sled dog race across Alaska was even possible.

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Dan Seavey, the patriarch of the most successful racing family in the history of the Iditarod, ...

Dan Seavey, who as a history teacher in Alaska became fascinated by the Gold Rush-era Iditarod Trail and helped stage the first dogsled race along the 1,000-mile route in 1973 to begin an annual ...

Dan Seavey, Patriarch of Alaska Mushing Family Who Raced in the First Iditarod, Dies Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won ...

Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native ...