In this image, July 15, 1923, provided by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, President Warren G. Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana ...

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

The railroad was built to open what was then the Alaska territory to development. It connected Seward, a Pacific Ocean port city on the south-central coast, to Fairbanks, 470 miles (756 kilometers ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this image, July 15, 1923, provided by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, President Warren G. Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana ...

The Alaska Railroad Aurora Winter Route is a beautiful experiences connecting Anchorage and Fairbanks in the off season. Epic sights, wildlife and great dining make this a surprising and ...

RIDE AS HE SAID HIS FINAL FAREWELL. WE’RE READY TO GO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. JIM RICE NEVER INTENDED TO BE A RAILROAD MAN. I HATED IT AS A KID. I JUST REMEMBER MY DAD BRINGING ME UP JUST ...

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

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more ...

In this image, July 15, 1923, provided by the Alaska State Library Historical Collections, President Warren G. Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana ...