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

An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...

The 14-carat gold relic has been in private hands since President Warren G. Harding drove the final railroad spike at the 1923 ceremony marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana.

The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete ... Harding tapped the spike during the ceremony outside Nenana 102 years ago. The spike has since been held in private ...

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 ...

More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad ...

The spike was hammered by President Warren Harding at a ceremony in Nenana on July 15, 1923. The purchase price for the 24-karat gold piece, which is 5.5 inches long and weighs about a pound, was $201 ...