The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000. The spike is made of 14-karat gold and is rich with history.

It was loaned to President Warren G. Harding to use at a ceremony ... he sought to establish a new railroad in Alaska territory. Shah, of the Anchorage Museum, told me how great it was to see ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was ... He sent it back from Seattle for the ceremony featuring President Warren G. Harding. On July 15, 1923, near Nenana, Harding lightly tapped ...

President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the ... railroad has been to the economic development and growth of Alaska."Anchorage, as we know it today, would not exist were it not ...

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 easily bring coal and ...

The Anchorage ... was chairman of the Alaska Engineering Commission and the railroad’s chief engineer. To celebrate the railroad’s completion, President Warren G. Harding drove the golden ...

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad ... the ceremony featuring President Warren G. Harding. On July 15, 1923, near Nenana ...