This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska ...

The spike he pounded with such fanfare — weighing nearly a pound and valued at up to $50,000 — has been in private hands outside of the state ever since. Now, two Alaska institutions want 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 ...

Frederick Mears by the city of Anchorage in commemoration of the building of the Alaska Railroad 1915-1923." Anchorage Museum On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike ...

In this image, July 15, 1923, provided by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, President Warren G. Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana ...

I look forward to working together and tying our communities together once again with this same Golden Spike,” Nenana Mayor Joshua Verhagen said in a statement. Work on the nine-year railroad ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...

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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 ...