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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 ...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...
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‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
I’LL CHECK IN ON THEM, MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING IT RIGHT. President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial ...
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Historic golden spike will return to Alaska
The city of Nenana collaborated with the Anchorage Museum and other private donors to purchase the golden spike at a Christie’s Auction House auction in New York City.
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 over a century ago will be on permanent display in<a ...