The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...

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 ...

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in Alaska after entities combined to win an action for the 14-karat gold spike Fr ...

Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) ...

Harding drives the final golden spike at the new Alaska Railroad bridge in Nenana, Alaska. Credit: AP Even today, there are few highways in the nation’s largest state; one of the busiest is ...

President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of ...

There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails.

There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles (1,086 kilometers) from Nome via the frozen Yukon River ...