The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...

and shows little evidence of where it was tapped, said Christopher June, a junior specialist at Christie’s who grew up in Anchorage and remembers field trips on the Alaska Railroad as a child.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by Christie’s Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in ...

and shows little evidence of where it was tapped, said Christopher June, a junior specialist at Christie's who grew up in Anchorage and remembers field trips on the Alaska Railroad as a child.