PROMONTORY, Utah (CBS/AP) -- Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, ...

One hundred fifty years ago today, the ceremonial last spike of the first Transcontinental Railroad, referred to as the “Golden Spike,” was driven into the ground, opening the door for rapid expansion ...

The original golden spike — which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 — measures about 5 ⅝ inches. A replica 92 times that size — 43 feet long — ...

The spike is inscribed, "Presented to Col. Frederick Mears by the city of Anchorage in commemoration of the building of the Alaska Railroad 1915-1923." Anchorage Museum On July 15, 1923, President ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Leaders from Lexington and Utah came together Thursday to kick off the tour of the Golden Spike Monument. The eye-catching, 43-foot-tall golden spike resembles what was used ...

CAMPOCAMPO — Taking off his suit jacket and taking hold of a spike maul, a John D. Spreckels impersonator drove a replica gold spike, after an initial swing and a miss, into the San Diego & Arizona ...

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska ...

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 ...