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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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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 ...
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Golden Alaska Railroad spike to return to state
The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000.
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
Harding drove a golden ... state and really the whole history of this town begins with the Alaska Railroad," Leggett said of Alaska and its biggest city, Anchorage.The 5 1/2-inch (14-centimeter ...