The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the ...

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

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) More than a century after becoming ...

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

An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...

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

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...

Anchorage and Nenana will likely take turns displaying ... Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Alaska Railroad began as a private line in the early 1900s, extending some 50 miles north of ...

The city of Nenana collaborated with the Anchorage Museum and other private donors to purchase the golden spike at a Christie’s Auction House auction in New York City.