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The Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of ...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction
President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ...
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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 ...
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie's Important ...
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The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
For about a century, the 14-karat gold spike has been in the hands of private ... The spike’s first owner was Colonel Frederick Mears, the railroad’s chief engineer. Earlier in 1923, the ...