Togo The Sled Dog’s Crucial Role In The 1925 Nome Serum Run When an outbreak of diphtheria struck Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the small town’s doctor quickly declared an emergency situation.

Togo handled the lion's share of the 1925 Great Serum Run in Alaska and there is a statue of him at Poland Spring, where he later lived at the Ricker Kennel. New York's top federal attorney ...