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 ...
The 1869 driving of the Golden Spike that created America’s first transcontinental railroad symbolized U.S. technical know-how and ambition. But few know of the “un-driving” some 73 years later.
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 ...
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