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, ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) –Thousands of people head to Allentown Art Festival every year in search of art, good food, and fun in the quaint neighborhood. Over 400 vendors take part in the event–but one ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. One of Roy’s folks collects old railroad ...

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 ...

A series of seven massive railroad spikes now line the median of Jeffersonville’s 12th Street as part of the Jeffersonville Public Art Commission’s “Illuminate Claysburg” project. In a few weeks, when ...

The memorial is set to stand near Interstate 15 in Box Elder County, guiding visitors to Golden Spike National Historical Park.

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

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