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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
Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago ...
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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 ...
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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.
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‘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.
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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 ...
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Riding the rails to art, history, preservation
The Art of the Railroad," now on exhibit at the Chuckey Depot Museum in Jonesborough, spans a range of styles and genres from ...
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 ...