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Sheep Creek, Alaska

John Barron, was born in 1949 in Texas. His family moved to Alaska when he was a young boy to homestead. John began mushing in 1978 and ran his first Iditarod in 1979 after reading about the Iditarod in an Iditarod Trail Annual. He's run every Iditarod since except the 1994 race when he ran the Yukon Quest. John says, "I raise, race, train, sell and lease sled dogs in the wintertime. In the summer, I raise, train and sell horses. My wife and I live and train in Sheep Creek, Alaska. I enjoy racing and working with the dogs." John and Kathy have three adult sons, Laird, 29, Jason, 27 and William, 24. All are veterans of the Jr. Iditarod and Laird and Jason are Iditarod veterans. John lists his hobbies as dog driving and horseback riding.

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