Trent continues down the Yukon, checked in to Nualto (mile 563 of 908 between the Willow start and Nome finish, 345 miles to go) at 2:10 PM today ,he has moved up to 51st place.

The run from Galena to Nualto took 6 hours, 31 minutes over the 47 miles for an average speed of 7.98 mph.  Trail map and picture of town of Nualto on the Yukon are in the gallery.

(From Iditarod site) Nualto Population 359 -- Originally founded in 1838 at the confluence of the Nulato and Yukon Rivers, Nulato was a Russian trading post. Without a stockade, the Indians promptly burned it down. In 1841, the Russian American Company rebuilt the trading post consisting of seven log buildings, but again without a stockade. In 1851, the Koyukan Indians again burned it down and killed most of the inhabitants. In 1853, the trading post was rebuilt at the present town site, two miles upriver from the old site. The checkpoint is the community hall.