The diverse coalition of workers who came together to build the transcontinental railroad mesmerized bronze sculptor Douwe Blumberg. As one dispatch for the Daily Alta California memorialized the ...

The original golden spike — which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 — measures about 5 ⅝ inches. A replica 92 times that size — 43 feet long — ...

On Thursday, the Golden Spike Foundation (GSF) unveiled the innovative landscape designs and details for key elements of the Golden Spike State Monument in Brigham City to donors and dignitaries.

West central Nebraskans can get a look this weekend at a 43.3-foot-tall spike-shaped monument on its way to Utah that honors the thousands of workers who built America’s first transcontinental ...

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 ...