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 ...

Harding hammered the golden spike into a bridge in Nenana now known as the Mears Memorial Bridge. The “ambitious” single-span trestle bridge over the Tanana River closed the Alaska Railroad ...

the city of Anchorage presented him with the golden spike in appreciation of his work. He sent the spike back from Seattle for the Harding event in Nenana, a community in interior Alaska.

Known as Alaska’s Golden Spike, the object represented the completion ... completion of the railroad on July 15, near the city of Nenana. At the Christie’s sale this past Friday, it sparked ...

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad ... of the Anchorage Museum. “The Golden Spike is a great piece of storytelling ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The golden spike that was ... and tying our communities together once again with this same Golden Spike,” Nenana Mayor Joshua Verhagen said in a statement.

The golden spike had been briefly exhibited ... opportunity to secure it for the people of Alaska.” “We are thrilled to partner with Nenana to share this piece of history with the public ...

Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana, Alaska. Credit: AP Even today, there are few highways in the nation’s largest state; one of the busiest is ...

Anchorage Museum Among Alaskans Combining to Win Auction for Alaska Railroad's Golden ... together once again with this same Golden Spike,” Nenana Mayor Joshua Verhagen said in a statement.