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

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 ...

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.

If you’ve taken so much as one psychology course, you’ve probably heard of Phineas Gage, the man who survived having a railroad spike driven through his skull.It sounds like a one-of-a-kind ...

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 ...

A grisly construction accident in New England in 1848 left railroad worker Phineas Gage with severe brain damage – but gave scientists valuable clues about how the brain functions.

The Golden Spike was driven at Promontory Point in Utah that same year to complete the Union Pacific’s first transcontinental railroad, but its route bypassed Southern California completely ...

Ms. Yu’s great-grandfather helped build the railroad, and her mother was the only descendant of the Chinese workers at the 100th celebration of the golden spike ceremony in 1969.

A 43-foot railroad spike was commissioned to honor the sacrifice of workers who toiled on the transcontinental railroad. (Peter O'Dowd/Here & Now) ...

A famous case of frontal lobe damage is that of Phineas Gage. In 1848, Gage was injured in an explosion that caused a railroad spike to pierce his frontal lobe.

In 1848, Phineas Gage became a medical miracle. Gage was a 25-year-old railroad foreman, who was known for being efficient and friendly. One September day, his crew was laying track in Cavendish, Vt.

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 Important ...