Dogs
Dogs were used to deliver mail when pulling a dogsled. Dogsled mail saw limited use in the northern parts of Alaska and Canada during the Klondike gold rush (1896–1903) In the early years of Alaska settlement, there was no regular mail service to the interior post offices during the winter months (October to May), although individuals might agree to transport letters to coastal areas. Regular service seems to have begun around the 1910s, replaced in the 1930s by small aircraft.
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Famous quotes containing the word dogs:
“Good dogs do not bite chickens; good husbands do not beat their wives.”
—Chinese proverb.
“When dogs no longer eat excrement, then human beings will no longer practice favoritism.”
—Chinese proverb.
“In Bengal to move at all
Is seldom, if ever, done,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.”
—Noël Coward (1899–1973)