The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...

The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000.

The golden spike used to complete the Alaska Railroad over 100 years ago will now be permanently displayed in Alaska for the ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The golden spike that was used ... Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana, Alaska. Credit: AP He sent it back from Seattle for ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town ... Other communities are also marking the anniversary — including the village of Nenana, where the relay began, and Cleveland, Ohio, where ...

cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” for the way it suffocated children ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome ...