A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...

The 14-carat gold relic has been in private hands since President Warren G. Harding drove the final railroad spike at the 1923 ceremony marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana.

Known as Alaska’s Golden Spike, the object represented the completion ... Harding to use at a ceremony marking the completion of the railroad on July 15, near the city of Nenana.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete ... Harding tapped the spike during the ceremony outside Nenana 102 years ago. The spike has since been held in private ...

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Fr ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was $201,600.

The spike was hammered by President Warren Harding at a ceremony in Nenana on July 15, 1923. The purchase price for the 24-karat gold piece, which is 5.5 inches long and weighs about a pound, was $201 ...

To celebrate the railroad's completion, President Warren G. Harding drove the golden spike into place in a ceremony held near Nenana on July 15, 1923, before it was replaced with a standard ...