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 coastal city of Seward,

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad.

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was $201,600.

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Friday.

The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000. The spike is made of 14-karat gold and is rich with history.

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 easily bring coal ...

RIDE AS HE SAID HIS FINAL FAREWELL. WE’RE READY TO GO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. JIM RICE NEVER INTENDED TO BE A RAILROAD MAN. I HATED IT AS A KID. I JUST REMEMBER MY DAD BRINGING ME UP JUST ...

The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the hands of private owners