If Balto' s story happened in Alaska, why did they erect a statue for it in New York? Wisconsin doesn't have a monument for the Alamo.

Because people care... not a lot of foot traffic up in Nome, Alaska

There is also a statue of Balto in Anchorage https://goo.gl/images/D8DffU

Also, Fredrick George Richard Roth was the sculptor who made Balto’s per request, He studied in New York so that’s where the statue was monumented.

Because if those dogs hadn't gotten that medicine, there are hundreds of people who wouldn't be here today. Some of whom probably live in NY.