The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

“We certainly want to honor the Chinese laborers and give recognition to their unfair treatment,” said Leslie Crossland, Golden Spike’s superintendent. “Clearly the Transcontinental Railroad would not ...

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

Golden Spike NHP is home to a 15 mile stretch of the original Transcontinental Railroad, well-preserved by the National Parks Service. Each year, the annual festival aims to educate visitors ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...

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

When the signal from the spike came through, the cannons fired. The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage.

Alaska Railroad Golden Spike Auction This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...