The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

Presidential“greatness” is a difficult thing to define, although many people have tried. One prevailing theory is that it requires a presid ...

I’LL CHECK IN ON THEM, MAKE SURE THEY’RE DOING IT RIGHT. 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 ...

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska ...

In this July 1923 image provided by the Alaska Railroad Collection, Anchorage Museum, President Warren G. Harding stands with others on the Alaska Railroad platform at Curry Hotel station in ...

Two such occasions followed the deaths of presidents. When Warren G. Harding, the 29th president, died of an illness in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge was on ...

Calvin Coolidge, in his 1929 autobiography, also claims he didn’t use his family Bible when he was sworn in at his family’s Vermont home in the wake of Warren G. Harding’s death.

Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their speeches, actions or inaction ... Presidents such as Warren G. Harding, reviled for an illicit love affair, and Ulysses S.

Two such occasions followed the deaths of presidents. When Warren G. Harding, the 29th president, died of an illness in San Francisco on Aug. 2, 1923, Vice President Calvin Coolidge was on ...