A steel railroad spike clad in gold and silver used in the ceremony marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, May 10, 1869 (all images courtesy Christie's) Excitement struck deep at ...

GREENE COUNTY — An 18-year-old woman was brutally murdered with a railroad spike in Greene County 37 years ago, and the man convicted of her murder, David Lee Myers, is now awaiting a new trial out of ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to ...

A man who was sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering a woman with a railroad spike will get a new trial. David Lee Myers, was convicted of aggravated murder in February 1996. A month ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

PLANT CITY, Fla. — Banging and shouting outside a worship center early Tuesday morning in Plant City eventually led to a man armed with a railroad spike being shot by Hillsborough County Sheriff's ...

NEW ORLEANS — A 35-year-old woman from Detroit was arrested for murder after a baby was found dead with stab wounds in the 7th Ward Saturday evening. Angelyc Seely is being held on a $500,000 bond for ...

NEW ORLEANS — A French Quarter shop owner is in the hospital after a man assaulted the merchant with a railroad spike. It happened Saturday evening in the 800 block of Decatur Street. The New Orleans ...

Forging an axe from a railroad spike, showing the shaping, heat treatment, and finishing process using traditional ...