Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
He sent the spike back from Seattle for the Harding event in Nenana, a community in interior Alaska. Harding was the first ...
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
Harding was the first president to visit Alaska.During the ceremonial launch of the railroad on July 15, 1923, Harding lightly tapped the golden spike twice with a maul, a hammer now behind glass ...
The Associated Press on MSN14d
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 Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Fr ...