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

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

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

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

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

“The whole history of our state and really the whole ... Before Mears left, the city of Anchorage presented him with the golden spike in appreciation of his work. He sent the spike back from ...

"We are thrilled to partner with Nenana to share this piece of history with the public," Anchorage Museum Director/CEO Julie Decker said in the statement. "The Golden Spike is a great piece of ...

“We are thrilled to partner with Nenana to share this piece of history with the public,” says Julie Decker, the Anchorage Museum’s director, in the statement. “The golden spike is a great ...

"The whole history of our state and really the whole ... Before Mears left, the city of Anchorage presented him with the golden spike in appreciation of his work. He sent the spike back from ...