3 days ago · The Golden Spike used to symbolically finish construction of the Alaska Railroad in 2023 is seen in this undated photo. President Warren Harding hammered the spike in a ceremony in Nenana.

1 day ago · 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 ...

3 days ago · The auction house originally estimated the spike’s value to be between $30,000 and $50,000. The spike is made of 14-karat gold and is rich with history. It was a ceremonial spike meant to symbolize the completion of the Alaska Railroad. In 1923, President Warren G. Harding opened the railroad in Nenana by driving the spike into the track.

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

Jan 23, 2025 · The spike maul used by President Warren G. Harding to ceremonially drive a golden spike marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad on July 15, 1923, is shown at the railroad’s headquarters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024.

On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding drove the “Golden Spike” at Nenana, signifying the completion of the interior Alaska Railroad. Before arriving in Nenana, Harding stopped at McKinley Park Station and became the first—and only—sitting president in history to visit Denali National Park (then called Mount McKinley National Park).

Jan 23, 2025 · ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- 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 ...

3 days ago · Known as Alaska’s Golden Spike, the object represented the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923, the construction of which spanned nearly a decade. The 24-carat artifact was originally ...

On a hot and sunny day at North Nenana, Alaska Terrirotial Governor Scott Bone inserted the spike into the rail. President Warren G. Harding missed the spike twice and then drove it home to officially complete the construction of the Alaska Railroad.

6 days ago · The “Golden Spike” used as the final connection that symbolically completed the Alaska Railroad is now back in Alaska hands, thanks to a successful bid at the auction house Christie’s, the Anchorage Museum and City of Nenana announced on Friday. The spike was hammered by President Warren Harding at a ceremony in Nenana on July 15, 1923.