Shortly after, the golden spike was returned to Mears, and Harding began the long trip back to Washington. He suffered a fatal heart attack and died in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923.

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 ...

The Alaska Railroad golden spike, which will go up for auction at Christie's in January 2025. (Photo provided by Christie's) Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian ...

Plans for the Golden Spike State Monument were unveiled late last month at 2000 W. Forest Street in Brigham city, where a 43-foot, gold-leafed, ...

Attendees step up to see the Golden Spike Monument after its arrival in front of the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday. The 43-foot-tall golden spike was commissioned as a public art ...

A 43-foot golden spike — a monument to the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 — has arrived in Utah, stopping at the Utah State Capitol on its way to its ultimate home in Box ...

A 43-foot-tall Golden Spike arrived to Utah and honors tens of thousands of workers who built the transcontinental railroad. Sat, 10 May 2025 07:19:23 GMT (1746861563632) Story Infinite Scroll ...

“I grew up learning about the golden spike. It's on our quarter.” David Pendleton, a 4th grade history teacher in Utah says adding “You know, it's just like every kid who grows up in Utah ...

The Golden Spike National Historic Site was first recognized in 1957. While the site is not in federal ownership, it became a unit of the National Park Service in 1965.

Golden Spike plans to use existing space hardware and designs to send paying customers to the surface of the Moon. The group bills itself as a “commercial space company” but it is counting ...

The flag that flew over the golden spike ceremony in 1869 was flown over the Jupiter and Union Pacific No. 119 before a reenactment of the golden spike ceremony from 150 years ago.