The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...

One hundred years ago today, a sled dog team left Nenana carrying lifesaving anti-toxin medication to save people in Nome ...

Next week marks 100 years since the conclusion of the Great Serum Run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life ...

It was loaned to President Warren G. Harding to use at a ceremony marking the completion of the railroad on July 15, near the city of Nenana. At the Christie’s sale this past Friday, it sparked ...

Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) ...

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President Warren Harding hammered the spike in a ceremony in Nenana. (Photo provided by Anchorage Museum) A glittering piece of Alaska history is returning to the state after it made its first ...