President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of ...

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

More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad ...

It ultimately became the unexpected star of Christie’s January 25 Americana sale. Known as Alaska’s Golden Spike, the object represented the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923 ...

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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 ...

The 24-karat spike was hammered by President Warren Harding in a 1923 ceremony, but it has been out of Alaska almost every ...

Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana ... “We are honored that Christie’s was entrusted with the sale of this important part of Alaska history ...