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 system to ...
The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad spike that was used in a celebration commemorating the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. The item was ...
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600 ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an ...
His experience there caught the eye of President Woodrow Wilson when he sought to establish a new railroad in Alaska territory. Shah, of the Anchorage Museum, told me how great it was to see two ...
Anchorage Museum Among Alaskans Combining to Win Auction for Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ...