Scott Cordelle Bone
Scott Cordelle Bone (born February 15, 1860 in Shelby County , Indiana , † January 27, 1936 in Santa Barbara , California ) was an American politician and governor of the Alaska Territory from 1921 to 1925 . He was a member of the Republican Party . He gained notoriety in 1925 through his decision to use sled dogs instead of an airplane to transport diphtheria antitoxins over 674 miles to Nome . The transport became known as the " Great Race of Mercy " and is the origin of the Iditarod sled dog race .
Bone belonged to a variety of organizations and held many offices such as: Chairman of the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce , Delegate to numerous Republican National Conventions , Member (and once President) of the Gridiron Club , Member of the National Press Association , Publicity Director of the Republican National Committee , lifelong member of the American Red Cross , the Yacht and Country Club of Tampa Florida , and the Decorated Order of Sacred Treasure of Japan and member of the Elks .
Bone was also the editor of the Washington Post , founded the Washington Herald, and later was an editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . He was also a friend of Presidents Harding , Taft , Roosevelt and his wife Alice Roosevelt .
Scott Cordelle Bone died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara on January 27, 1936 and was buried there.
Works
- Alaska, Its Past, Present, and Future
- Chechahco and Sourdough: A Story of Alaska
- Sketches of Statesmen
- Political Remembrances
literature
- The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic Gay & Laney Salisbury
Web links
- The Political Graveyard (English)
- Scott Cordelle Bone in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Bone, Scott Cordelle |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1860 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelby County , Indiana |
DATE OF DEATH | January 27, 1936 |
Place of death | Santa Barbara , California |