Good profile article of Joe, with a great photo taken in 1997, when he was inducted into the Musher's Hall of Fame.
Excerpt:
By 1973, enough people had listened to make a race happen. Redington's dogs ran the race, but he didn't. During the leisurely 20 days it took the winner to reach Nome, Redington was in Anchorage, trying to raise the money to pay the prizes.
"When I guaranteed a purse of $50,000, we didn't have a dime," Redington said.
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