A massive, 43-foot monument of the golden spike, commissioned five years ago, will have a permanent home in Salt Lake City after a state monument plan fizzled.

After years of traveling the country, a monument honoring a historic moment in Utah history has found a permanent home in Salt Lake City.

You might not think this flat stretch of Utah changed the nation's history forever. After visiting Golden Spike historic park, you'll understand.

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Today is a historic date in the history of the railroad industry. On the morning of May 10, 1869, a crowd gathered at a desolate stretch of Utah Territory called Promontory Summit. Two locomotives ...