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On July 15, 1923, President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the rail at Nenana to symbolize completion of the 478-mile line running from Seward to Fairbanks. The Alaska Railroad was the last major railroad built in the United States, and the only railroad in the country built and operated by the federal government before the modern era. Purchased by the state in 1985, it is the last major line to carry both passengers and freight. According to Jim Blasingame, Alaska Railroad vice president of Corporate Affairs, Harding actually drove in two golden spikes, one for himself and one for the railroad. Both have disappeared. Blasingame said it's also not known whether the spikes were solid gold or simply gold-plated metal. He said it's unfortunate that the railroad's spike is gone. 'It's part of Alaska history,' he said. 'It should be in Alaska.'
Share photos of what you love most about your cabin; bonus for any outhouses that make it into your submissions.
Reader-submitted: 2012 Bicycling
Share photos of your races, rides, tricks or even your favorite bike.
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Alaska is home to hundreds of different migrating bird species and readers have posted hundreds of their bird-watching finds. Share your photos.
Submit your photos from community projects and social occasions around town in May, 2012.
A collection of Alaska-themed tattoos pulled from our reader-submitted tattoo gallery.
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Bridget Rainey keeps a blog called Twinisms, in which she writes about her life as a mom of two sets of twins and being an Army wife.
About 5,000 catchable rainbow trout from last year's eggtake were released into Mirror Lake by the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game on Thursday, May 24, 2012.
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Frozen Ground, starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, 50 Cent and Vanessa Hudgens was filmed in and around Anchorage, Alaska in 2011.
