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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a ...
On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to ...
The Alaska Railroad golden spike, which will go up for auction at Christie's in January 2025. (Photo provided by Christie's) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian ...
The golden spike was presented as a gift from the City of Anchorage to U.S. Army Col. Frederick Mears for his role in the construction of the Alaska Railroad.
Swedish pole-vaulting star Armand Duplantis said on Monday that clearing 6.40 metres was “in the realm of possibility”, eight ...
At a conference in Mexico, one scientist’s outburst sparks a global quest to find a ‘golden spike’ - the boundary marking the shift into a new geological period dominated by humans, not ...
GOLDEN SPIKE, Northern Pacific Railroad, Montana, Sept. 9.--The last spike on the Northern Pacific Road was driven this afternoon on the Pacific slope of the Rocky Mountains, 2,500 miles from the ...
Other results from the Golden Spike Rodeo Trisyn Kalawaia’s 4.2-second run during steer wrestling slack early in the week set a standard that would not be caught. The win earned him $5,058.
The spike maul used by President Warren G. Harding to ceremonially drive a golden spike marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1923, is shown at the railroad's headquarters in ...
Shortly after, the golden spike was returned to Mears, and Harding began the long trip back to Washington. He suffered a fatal heart attack and died in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923. Advertising ...
Shortly after, the golden spike was returned to Mears, and Harding began the long trip back to Washington. He suffered a fatal heart attack and died in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923.