Great article by Bill Gallea for the Ultimate Iditarod site, titled "Remembering the First Iditarod":
The first race began at what is now the Tozier Track in Anchorage, where a system of trails exclusively for dog mushing is maintained. There was no trucking of dogs around the Knik Arm of Cook Inlet. The teams ran continuously to Nome, going over bridges as necessary.
The mushers wore no headlamps. But yet they did run at night, mushing by the moonlight. There was a tendency to run more during the day than at night, but not completely. The only light Dan Seavey carried in the '73 Race was a C-cell flashlight in his pocket!
Great article, lots of good information on the first race!
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