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Subject: historic relic
Category: Reference, Education and News
Asked by: meghantalt-ga
List Price: $2.00

Posted: 22 Feb 2006 10:16 PST
Expires: 28 Feb 2006 23:02 PST
Question ID: 448446

Is the golden spike still in the ground at Promontory, Utah?  And can you see it?

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Subject: Re: historic relic
From: omnivorous-ga on 22 Feb 2006 10:23 PST

Megantalt --

No, it went to live at Stanford University after the ceremony, as
Leland Stanford drove the spike himself.  Interesting facts about the
spike (or spikes, as there were 4 ceremonial spikes) and the ceremony
in the article on Wikipedia:
"Golden Spike"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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