No golden spikes? Where the iconic piece of Americana ended up

PROMONTORY, Utah — Friday is the 155th anniversary of the day the world changed with the joining of East and West right here in Utah .

“I grew up learning about the golden spike. It's on our quarter.” David Pendleton, a 4th grade history teacher in Utah says adding “You know, it's just like every kid who grows up in Utah knows about the golden spike.”THE SPIKES “On the day of the commemoration. We had four different spikes that were here. We had two gold spikes, one silver spike, and one spike that was iron, gold, and silver.” Brandon Flint, Superintended of Golden Spike Historic National Park said.

It was rushed to be part of the ceremony at Promontory Summit at the last second, barely making the train. It currently resides at Stanford University Cantor Arts Museum with the Nevada Silver spike in a room full of Leland Stanford’s belongings. In other words, he wanted to see the golden spike in all its glory but to his surprise, he said “It was just kind of tucked away in a room… But without a label, without any kind of explanation as to what it was or the history behind it or anything.”

Gathering everyone together to kick off the campaign they were spreading the message far and wide and it got the attention of media from around the countryIn all, they received 1,098 letters, and they were not just from Utah!

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