Who was Balto?

Our homeschool group recently went to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for a fantastic presentation on Balto and the race to Nome Alaska with anti-toxin to fight the outbreak of diptheria 1n 1925. You can read more about it here.

Several months ago, my friend asked if I wanted to go see a presentation on Balto at the Museum. I asked, "Who's Balto?" She gave me a brief explanation and I agreed that would be a good field trip. We got several books from the library and read about the grueling dog sled relay to save the lives of the infected children of Nome.

The children of Cleveland helped to raise money to bring Balto to Cleveland several years after his famous race. He and several of the dogs lived out their natural lives at the Brookside Zoo. Balto was later preserved for future generations -- some of those future generations are pictured with him here!