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

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Jan. 24—More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have ...

Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) ...

Nenana Mayor Joshua Verhagen said the city is ... 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 ...

Harding drove the final railroad spike at the 1923 ceremony marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana. On Friday morning, the city of Nenana collaborated with the Anchorage Museum ...

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 ...

Alaska Railroad Golden Spike Auction 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 ...