The 1869 driving of the Golden Spike that created America’s first transcontinental railroad symbolized U.S. technical know-how and ambition. But few know of the “un-driving” some 73 years later.
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The Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
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 ...
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, ...
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