Ranger Matt Anfinson, Canine Ranger Cupcake and Ranger David Tomeo visit Nenana City School, Monday. KRIS CAPPS/NEWS-MINER - Denali National Park, Alaska 
A kennel to remember
Two teams of sled dogs from Denali National Park mushed into history Monday with a winter journey commemorating the 100th anniversary of the park’s sled dog kennel.
They left Nenana for Hadley Island, more than 20 miles up the Tanana River. That is where, on Feb. 23, 1922, Harry Karstens bought seven sled dogs from a homesteader to start the sled dog kennel at what was then Mount McKinley National Park. Karstens was the park’s first superintendent from 1921-1928.
But first, Ranger David Tomeo, Ranger Matt Anfinson and Canine Ranger Cupcake visited with students at Nenana City School. Nenana has close ties to Denali National Park, Tomeo told the students “The very first headquarters for the national park was right here in Nenana,” he said.
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