Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana, Alaska. (Alaska State Library via AP) The Anchorage Museum is shown Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Anchorage ...
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to ...
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more ...