Golden Spike

Postcard of the Golden Spike, Council Bluffs Iowa. "Rearing its head 56 feet into the air is this huge concrete replica of a railroad spike, located at the zero-zero mile post of the Union Pacific. A large bronze plaque marks forever the fact that this city is the Eastern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad."

Postcard of the Golden Spike with the caption "Greetings from Council Bluffs, Iowa."

"A major attraction of UP's Golden Spike Centennial Expo Train that will visit Council Bluffs Sept. 26-27-28 is the colorful Expo car. It houses 19 displays telling the story of the building of the railroad from the earliest surveys right up to the present diversified, transportation based company."

Caption from the September 21, 1969 issue of the Daily Nonpareil

"Expo Train Coming to Bluffs...Union Pacific Railroad's Golden Spike Centennial Expo train will visit Council Bluffs this Friday, Saturday and Sunday and will be on display in the U.P. yards south of the Golden Spike monument, Ninth Avenue and Twenty-first Street. Nineteen displays telling the story of the building of the railroad will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. More than 400,000 people have seen the exhibit in its tour around the United States, U.P. officials said."

Caption from the September 21, 1969 issue of the Daily Nonpareil

The Golden Spike Monument, Council Bluffs, IA, April 1939.

"Seek $2000 to Renovate Golden Spike"

"Sketch Of Plans . . . for the Golden Spike monument. The drawing at left shows how the Junior Chamber of Commerce will beautify the grounds. The sketch at right is a perspective of the monument."

Headline and caption from the March 4, 1962 issue of the Daily Nonpareil

The Golden Spike Centennial Issue published in Transportation News, April 26, 1969. Published by The United Transportation Union.

Historical Society of Pottawattamie County newsletter from May 2002. Contains an article titled "Local Officials Celebrated 50th Anniversary of Golden Spike," pages 4-5.

Historical Society of Pottawattamie County newsletter from December 2005. Contains an article titled "Council Bluffs' Dodge Park Has Long and Colorful History," that reports on the Golden Spike Days celebration held in Dodge Park in 1939. Page 2.

A list of Daily Nonpareil article headlines and dates concerning the Golden Spike.