IT’S DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY. A 43 FOOT TALL GOLDEN RAILROAD SPIKE ROLLING INTO IOWA. THE PUBLIC ART PIECE IS VISITING THE FIRST GOLDEN SPIKE MONUMENT AT THE UNION PACIFIC MUSEUM IN ...

In December, leaders of the Anchorage Museum in Alaska began hearing “some rumblings” on social media. Those “rumblings,” as Monica Shah, the museum’s deputy director of collections and conservation, ...

WEBVTT JAMES WILCOX. ALEXANDRA: NEW ON KETV, THREE KEY PIECES OF HISTORY, IN THE SAME PLACE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 150 YEARS. ORIGINAL SPIKES FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD ARE ON ...

The original golden spike — which marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869 — measures about 5 ⅝ inches. A replica 92 times that size — 43 feet long — ...

Here’s where to enjoy transcontinental railroad art and history for weeks to come in Utah But Utahns can continue to enjoy art, artifacts and more for weeks and even months to come at exhibits around ...

The three spikes that united the Transcontinental Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, are now on display at Joslyn Art Museum. For the first time in almost 150 years, the “crown ...

From the Reporter-Herald photo archives at the Loveland Museum: “Freda and Hap Roesch recall days working for the railroad, preparing for the 20th Annual Railroaders Picnic on Friday. Hap fashioned ...

More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden ...

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OGDEN — This upcoming First Friday Art Stroll will offer a couple of opportunities to learn some local history. According to a press release from Ogden City Arts, Culture & Events, the May art stroll ...