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 December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and ...
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 ...
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’s ...
I’LL CHECK IN ON THEM, MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING IT RIGHT. 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 ...
The Golden Spike used to symbolically finish construction of the Alaska Railroad in 2023 is seen in this undated photo. President Warren Harding hammered the spike in a ceremony in Nenana.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska: The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the first time after it was won in an auction. The Anchorage ...
An update on a piece of Alaskan history—the golden spike is coming back to Alaska for the first time in nearly a century. The Anchorage Museum has confirmed that it partnered with the City of Nenana ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A piece of Alaska history will return to the state. The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000 ...
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 ...