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 ...

Golden Spike National Historical Park is in a remote spot of Utah and features an iconic moment in history that connected the ...

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 ...

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska ...

Railroad buffs enjoyed a one-hour talk on the “Golden Spike” celebration 130 years ago that tied the Northern Pacific line from Lake Superior to the West Coast. Jan and Bill Taylor, Missoula authors ...

During the ceremonial launch of the railroad on July 15, 1923, Harding lightly tapped the golden spike twice with a maul, a hammer now behind glass at the railroad headquarters, before driving a ...