What is the ghost town of the Iditarod?

Iditarod is an abandoned town in the Yukon-Koyukyuk area of Alaska. It's name is derived from it's location, as it sits along the Iditarod River. In 1908 gold was found along Otter Creek, a tributary of the Iditarod River. This caused a surge of wealth seekers to flock to the area in the summer of 1909. After more gold was found in the vicinity in 1910 the city of Iditarod was founded (at it's current location) as a head of navigation for all surrounding gold fields. Iditarod quickly became a bustling boomtown, with hotels, cafés, brothels, three newspapers (only one would last the year), a Miners and Merchants Bank, a mercantile store, electricity, telephones, automobiles, and a light railway. By 1930 nearly all of the gold was gone, & the town's inhabitants quickly followed suit (taking most of the buildings with them). Today only one cabin & a handful of other ruins remain (including the concrete vault from the Miners & Merchants Bank). Aside from attracting tourists, Iditarod is now best known as the halfway point along the southern route of The 'Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race'.