Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
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 ...
Golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad ...
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‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction
The 24-karat spike was hammered by President Warren Harding in a 1923 ceremony, but it has been out of Alaska almost every ...
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A tiny museum on Mount Tam now houses a re-creation of a lost piece of California history
The Golden Spike represented the financiers ... Laurel Tie memorial has nothing to do with the Transcontinental Railroad. The museum is dedicated to a much smaller line, the Mill Valley and ...
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Alaska Railroad Golden Spike Auction
In this July 15, 1923, image provided by the CIHS Collection, Anchorage Museum, President Warren G. Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana, ...
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Alaska golden spike is up for auction
President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ...