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 ...

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and shows little evidence of where it was tapped, said Christopher June, a junior specialist at Christie’s who grew up in Anchorage and remembers field trips on the Alaska Railroad as a child.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by Christie’s Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in ...

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden ... Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago.

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden ... Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago.