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

“When I was a kid, tourists would come in their RVs down our driveway, looking for this site and looking for the golden spike,” Verhagen said. “So it’s kind of been a personal dream of ...

"When I was a kid, tourists would come in their RVs down our driveway, looking for this site and looking for the golden spike," Verhagen said. "So it's kind of been a personal dream of mine to ...

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 win an action for the 14 ...

The site gave Needles ... city's nods to its historic road trip legacy, you'll find a regional museum, home-style eateries, and plenty of outdoor adventures. Needles is a Golden State gem waiting ...

Google Maps may say it is in Corinne, but that’s just the nearest city. Visitors to the jetty pass signs to the Golden Spike National Historic Site and continue for about 16 miles on a rough, gravel.

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.

In December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and ...

Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska ... but the government instead chose a muddy site along Ship Creek in what is now downtown Anchorage.U.S. Army Col.