Utah's unique history will be on full display, and the public is invited to make their way over to Golden Spike National Historical Park to see the Union Pacific Locomotive No. 119. This year ...
In 2002, and then every year since 2014, Lee and Leland Wong, the great-grandson of a railroad laborer, have hosted a flash mob of sorts to re-create the tableau at Golden Spike National Historical ...
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
The iconic 14-karat gold spike, part of the 1923 Alaska Railroad completion, is returning to Alaska after nearly 100 years. The Anchorage Museum and City of Nenana will alternate its ...
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike ... s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more than four times the $50,000 top-line estimate for the historical artifact.
The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad ... other rare American historical items. The winning bid for the 5-1/2-inch-long spike made of 14-karat gold was ...