The hook-headed spike case ... of Mr. BURDEN'S patent upon the machine for the manufacture of railroad spikes, has at length been finally adjudicated, View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Authorities say arrested one suspect at the scene, and that suspect confessed to stealing railroad spikes and hooks. That suspect led authorities to the other two suspects in the 2900 Block of Hwy-177 ...

The 5 1/2-inch (14-centimeter) spike is being offered by an unidentified California resident who has owned it since 1983. The Alaska Railroad, originally constructed, owned and operated by the ...

On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to ...

A steel railroad spike clad in gold and silver used in the ceremony marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad, May 10, 1869. Courtesy of Christie's. Lee Carter January 27 ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...