Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
Alaska Dispatch News6d
Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
WLWT5d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
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 to easily bring coal ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston5d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
RIDE AS HE SAID HIS FINAL FAREWELL. WE’RE READY TO GO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. JIM RICE NEVER INTENDED TO BE A RAILROAD MAN. I HATED IT AS A KID. I JUST REMEMBER MY DAD BRINGING ME UP JUST ...
Artnet3d
Anchorage Museum Helps Bring Historic Railroad Spike Home to Alaska
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...