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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A massive golden spike honoring the thousands of workers who built the transcontinental railroad has arrived at its new home in Utah. Following a weeks-long journey that began in ...

Brigham City • When two railroads met at northern Utah’s Promontory Summit in 1869, the country was joined from coast to coast for the first time — a connection sealed by a final spike, commonly known ...

IT’S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY. A 43 FOOT TALL GOLDEN RAILROAD SPIKE ROLLING INTO IOWA. THE PUBLIC ART PIECE IS VISITING THE FIRST GOLDEN SPIKE MONUMENT AT THE UNION PACIFIC MUSEUM IN ...

PROMONTORY, Utah — Friday is the 155th anniversary of the day the world changed with the joining of East and West right here in Utah. The transcontinental railroad was finished on May 10, 1869, a date ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — People from Kentucky and Utah were at the Ashland Estate Thursday to celebrate the first stop of the 43-foot Golden Spike monument. It was created by Kentucky artist Douwe ...

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