Rondy Fur Rendezvous 1984 Collector pin ALASKA Walrus Sports memorabilia valued at $65 Alaska sports Start Price USD 10.00 Current Price USD 10.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 13.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, November 15, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 22, 2008 Location Newbury park, CA See more about 'Rondy Fur Rendezvous 1984 Collector pin ALASKA Walrus' Description   ********************  Rare 1984   RONDY Fur Rendezvous collector pin      Pictures an Alaskan Walrus ******************* current value $65   Rondy Pin Gallery  check it out just click the link   http://www.furrondy.net/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=152   Fur Rondy The Fur Rondy Festival is a significant part of the history and tradition of Anchorage. In the mid 1930’s, Anchorage was just a small town of about 3,000 people that stretched between Park Strip and Ship Creek.  There were no televisions, malls or movie theaters, no video games, ipods or computers, not even an Iditarod!  Winters were brutal and stoking fires, shoveling snow and surviving the elements was the basic daily pastime in those days.  Vern JohnsonVern Johnson, the father of the Fur Rendezvous, was a likeable, outgoing Anchorage citizen with a keen understanding of social conditions.  He and his friends decided to establish a 3-day Festival to coincide with the time that the miners and trappers came to town with their winter's yield. It began as a three-day sports tournament on February 15, 16 and 17, 1935 and featured skiing, hockey, basketball, boxing and a children's sled dog race down Fourth Avenue.  Nearly the entire population of Anchorage turned out for the bonfire and torchlight parade. Since then, the Fur Rendezvous has earned national  and international notoriety, and visitors from throughout the world descend on Anchorage every February.  The World Championship Sled Dog Race debuted in 1946 and has become the cornerstone event of the Festival bringing teams of sled dogs and mushers to Anchorage from across Alaska and all over the world. The World Championship Dog Weight Pull began in 1967 as a bet between two dog owners to see whose animal could pull the most weight.  Four decades later, dog owners are still competing against each other for the cash, notoriety and the illustrious World Champion title for the event.   Other traditional Fur Rondy events include the Rondy Carnival, the Grand Parade, the uniquely Alaskan Original Men's Snowshoe Softball and the Grand Prix Auto Race, one of the oldest street races in North America.   email me any questions   free auction templatesAntique-Central Place a Bid!