Laying tracks across the untamed ... a hammer now behind glass at the railroad headquarters, before driving a regular spike. Shortly after, the golden spike was returned to Mears, and Harding ...

"The last rail lay on the ties, ready to be swung into ... He described it as a 11-foot high replica of a railroad spike with two 10-foot long wooden signboards that read "LAST SPIKE MAY 19 ...

**[Completion of Northwestern Pacific Rail Road] (Part I)** showcases the momentous Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad on October 23 ...

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 ...