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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 ...
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‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.
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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 ...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...
Exploring Alaska – The Land of Endless Beauty
Not far from the urban clutches of Anchorage, Kenai Fjords National Park gives a view into the heart of Alaska’s glacial ...
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Juneau to house Coast Guard’s latest icebreaker, despite the vessel’s troubled history
ProPublica journalist McKenzie Funk says the Aiviq has a history of failures and design problems, but the Coast Guard doesn’t ...
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Mushers and Dogs Braved Horrific Alaska Winter to Deliver Lifesaving Serum 100 Years Ago
Asharq Al Awsat The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a contagious ...
Denali versus McKinley: a brief history of the debate over a mountain’s name
President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's ...
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Golden Alaska Railroad spike to return to state
The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000.
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad's golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
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Golden spike returns to Alaska after nearly a century, marking historic milestone
The iconic 14-karat gold spike, part of the 1923 Alaska Railroad completion, is returning to Alaska after nearly 100 years. The Anchorage Museum and City of Nenana will alternate its ...