The spike is inscribed, "Presented to Col. 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 ...
The original golden spike — which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 — measures about 5 ⅝ inches. A replica 92 times that size — 43 feet long — ...
GOLDEN, Colo. — A massive golden monument will pass through Colorado Tuesday. The 43-foot-tall Golden Spike Monument will appear at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CALIFORNIA (KTXL) — On May 10, 1869 the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 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 ...
SPOKANE, Wash. – 111 years ago, Spokane railroad executives celebrated the completion of a critical railroad link by pounding a golden spike into the final railroad tie under the Monroe Street Bridge.
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The Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to the ...
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