Complete Guide to Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah including things to do, history, camping and lodging nea ...

Little puffs of smoke drifted skyward from the stack of the brightly painted Jupiter steam locomotive, its red, blue and gold trim gleaming beneath the desert sun. The engineer leaned out of the cab, ...

Golden Spike State Monument is coming to Brigham City in 2026 to honor the workers who built the transcontinental railroad.

When two railroads met at northern Utah’s Promontory Summit in 1869, the country was joined from coast to coast for the first time — a connection sealed by a final spike, commonly known as the Golden ...

Babe White driving the first spike at Ship Creek. (Library of Congress photo) On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, to mark the completion of the first ...

Geological evidence of the transition when Earth was plunged into a planetary-wide deep-freeze discovered in ancient Scottish rocks.

National Parks in Utah include the amazing Arches National Park, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and so many mor ...

PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah — On Friday, June 14 Golden Spike National Historical Park and the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) welcomed forty-nine candidates from twenty-three ...

For more than 70 years, crowds have gathered at what is now Golden Spike National Historical Park to celebrate the joining of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit ...

Utah State University collaborated with the Golden Spike Foundation to bring the 43 ft Golden Spike replica to USU’s Logan campus before it is installed in Brigham City.

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven to connect the transcontinental railroad. The story often told of that day at Promontory Summit, Utah, was of a race between two railroad companies — and of ...

Utah has many proud histories, including being home to Promontory Point, the location of the last spike that joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads to form America’s first ...