Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9d
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
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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Historic golden spike will return to Alaska
On Friday morning, the city of Nenana collaborated with the Anchorage Museum and other private donors to purchase the golden spike at a Christie ... to American history. Reach columnist/community ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike
“We are thrilled to partner with Nenana to share this piece of history with the public,” said Julie Decker, the director and ...
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
"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 ...
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Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
"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 ...