More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden ...
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 system to ...
In December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and conservation, ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an ...
DEER LODGE — The golden spike commemorating the May 19, 1909 completion of the the Milwaukee Railroad has been refurbished and relocated. The gold-colored wooden spike was rededicated recently when ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an action ...