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.

Mary Knight, a dog musher in Fairbanks, Alaska, had been looking for an off-the-grid property that she could eventually use for sledding tours, when she happened upon Tolovana Roadhouse. Built in 1924,

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.

The Alaska Long Trail has been a sought-after ambition that would create a nationally-designated, 500-mile trail route from Seward to Fairbanks.

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600 ...