Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d
The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
Alaska Dispatch News6d
Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
AZ Animals (US) on MSN12mon
1917
Crossing the Tanana River at Nenana is Alaska’s third longest bridge, the Mears Memorial Bridge. This bridge is 700 feet long ...