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Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad’s golden spike

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.

WPTZ Plattsburgh-Burlington on … · 6h

A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction

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 and other natural resources out of the wilderness.

Alaska Beacon · 16h

‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction

The 24-karat spike was hammered by President Warren Harding in a 1923 ceremony, but it has been out of Alaska almost every year since then.

Yahoo · 1d

Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase

More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad spike that was used in a celebration commemorating the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923.

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Alaska pummeled by hurricane-force winds near 130 mph as widespread damage seen in Anchorage

The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds that battered homes ...

Alaska Dispatch News8h

Meet the 11 freshmen of the Alaska Legislature

Meet the 11 freshmen: Robyn Niayuq Burke, D-Utqiagvik, represents District 40 in the Alaska House. Photographed on January 24 ...

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Renting A Car In Alaska: 9 Things You NEED To Know

If you're considering renting a car in Alaska, be sure to read these tips first! You'll find out everything you wanted to ...

Alaska Public Media2d

Southcentral Alaska flood watch in effect for major weekend rainfall

Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and the Kenai Peninsula are under a flood watch from Friday morning through Monday ...

Alaska Dispatch News12h

Alaska’s congressional delegation split on President Trump’s executive orders, Jan. 6 and his nominees

U.S. Sen Lisa Murkowski was alone in stridently opposing Trump’s blanket pardon for Jan. 6 defendants, and his order to ...

LIVE UPDATES: High winds, heavy rain and snow prompt warnings and closures across Alaska

Back-to-back storms are delivering high winds, heavy rain, and snow to much of Alaska tonight through Sunday. There are ...

Florida saw more snow this week than Anchorage, Alaska. Here's the weekend forecast

Expect temperatures to get warmer during the days through the weekend, but overnight lows will still be freezing for most of ...

Alaska Public Media20h

Alaska House plans fast action on bill that would boost school funding and tie it to inflation

Sitka, introduced House Bill 69, which would boost per-student state funding by about $2,500 over three years.

Atmospheric rivers bring high winds and possible weekend flooding to Southcentral Alaska

It may be January, but the unusually warm, rainy weather feels more like spring breakup, and it's bringing the kind of flooding concerns also usually not seen in the Anchorage area until later in the ...

Alaska Dispatch News4h

Take these lessons from a lifelong traveler

As travel writer Scott McMurren hits 70, he looks back on his travels and what motivated him to hit the road and the air.

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