The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie’s ...

Laying tracks across the untamed Alaska wilderness had a “transformational impact on the last century of Alaska's history,” said Meghan Clemens, the railroad’s director of external affairs ...

The golden spike was presented as a gift from the City of Anchorage to U.S. Army Col. Frederick Mears for his role in the construction of the Alaska Railroad.

Golden Spike State Monument is coming to Brigham City in 2026 to honor the workers who built the transcontinental railroad.

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 spike maul used by President Warren G. Harding to ceremonially drive a golden spike marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1923, is shown at the railroad's headquarters in ...

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 ...