Extra History on MSN2d
Dark History of the Panama Railroad – A Deadly Path to Progress
The Panama Railroad was meant to revolutionize travel, offering a faster route to the California Gold Rush, but its ...
A golden spike that completed the Alaska Railroad is up for auction. Alaskans want to bring it home
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more ...
Alaska Dispatch News7d
Historic golden railroad spike will return to Alaska after Anchorage Museum and Nenana team up for purchase
The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...
Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for Alaska Railroad's golden spike
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
KTOO4d
‘Golden Spike’ that symbolically completed Alaska Railroad headed back to the state after auction
A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.
WBEZ8d
Where Chicago’s ‘L’ meets the railroad: A history is dug up in Lincoln Park
Reset talks to a railroad researcher and an ‘L’ historian to learn more about the city’s commuter and freight lines.
The Pantagraph4d
Pontiac to welcome Underground Railroad exhibit during Black History Month
An Underground Railroad exhibit curated by the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area is hitting the road and will be making ...
Celebrate Black History Month with the Underground Railroad walk in Baltimore County
The Underground Railroad Commemorative Walk is kicking off Black History Month, this weekend in Baltimore County.Jeffrey ...
Journal-News7d
History column: The story of Hamilton’s iconic railroad bridge
If you live in the Hamilton–Fairfield area, you have most likely have passed under this railroad bridge crossing the Great Miami River countless times. Perhaps you have wondered as to why it was built ...