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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction
The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes ...
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The Alaska Railroad’s Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
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Alaska museum, city combine to win auction for gold spike
An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...
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Anchorage Museum Helps Bring Historic Railroad Spike Home to Alaska
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...
Alaska Railroad's golden spike acquired by Anchorage Museum, cost $200,000
The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the ...
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A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie's Important ...
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‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.