President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of ...

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A piece of Alaska history will return ... It was a ceremonial spike meant to symbolize the completion of the Alaska Railroad. In 1923, President Warren G. Harding opened the ...

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

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was ... He sent it back from Seattle for the ceremony featuring President Warren G. Harding. On July 15, 1923, near Nenana, Harding lightly tapped ...

President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the ... railroad has been to the economic development and growth of Alaska."Anchorage, as we know it today, would not exist were it not ...

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.

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 system to easily bring coal and ...

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska.