The spike’s first owner was Colonel Frederick Mears, the railroad’s chief engineer. Earlier in 1923, the city of Anchorage presented it to Mears to commemorate his role in the project’s ...

“The Golden Spike is a great piece of storytelling ... Work on the nine-year railroad construction project began in 1914, linking the Pacific Ocean port city of Seward on the south-central ...

The spike’s first owner was Colonel Frederick Mears, the railroad’s chief engineer. Earlier in 1923, the city of Anchorage presented it to Mears to commemorate his role in the project’s ...