The spike’s installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It’s spent most of the time since then in the hands of private owners Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent The ...

In December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system ...

The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad spike that was used in a celebration commemorating the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. The item was ...

A Golden Spike That Completed the Alaska Railroad Is up for Auction. Alaskans Want to Bring It Home ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final ...

Anchorage Museum Among Alaskans Combining to Win Auction for Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to ...