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 ...

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 ...

More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A historic solid gold railroad spike is now on display at the Anchorage Museum. The golden spike was used by President Warren Harding in a ceremony on July 15, 1923, in the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to win an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alaska Railroad was completed three decades before Alaska became a state. It stretches from Seward to Fairbanks, the ...

In December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and conservation, ...

Known as the "backbone of the Last Frontier," the Alaska Railroad rolls its way from the coastal communities of Southern Alaska, 470 miles into the state's wilderness. This year, it's turning 100 ...