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 iconic 14-karat gold spike, part of the 1923 Alaska Railroad completion, is returning to Alaska after nearly 100 years. The Anchorage Museum and City of Nenana will alternate its ...
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for ...
President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ...
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike ... display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat artifact Friday. The Anchorage Museum and the city ...
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was $201,600.