Comments on: When East Meets West: The Last Spike of the Transcontinental Railroad http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Adrienne http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141637 Adrienne Wed, 13 May 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141637 I think you're minimizing the danger of sea monsters in the travel-by-water scenario. I think you’re minimizing the danger of sea monsters in the travel-by-water scenario.

]]> By: JELEINEN http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141581 JELEINEN Wed, 13 May 2009 03:45:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141581 The Arizona Territory spike is currently on display at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa (the actual eastern terminus for the UP). The Arizona Territory spike is currently on display at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa (the actual eastern terminus for the UP).

]]> By: Sarah in CA http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141455 Sarah in CA Tue, 12 May 2009 05:52:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141455 I was soooo excited to see the site in Utah last summer during our road trip.... only to discover that the current site is not the REAL site (it's somewhere near the museum but not actually at the museum) and the ACTUAL spike was not there!! The spike was donated to Stanford but it's not on display there, it's in the private collection and my inquiries to find out about seeing it or anything else about it were never returned by Stanford staff. I was soooo excited to see the site in Utah last summer during our road trip…. only to discover that the current site is not the REAL site (it’s somewhere near the museum but not actually at the museum) and the ACTUAL spike was not there!!

The spike was donated to Stanford but it’s not on display there, it’s in the private collection and my inquiries to find out about seeing it or anything else about it were never returned by Stanford staff.

]]> By: TheLoneIguana http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141350 TheLoneIguana Mon, 11 May 2009 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141350 @KJ: According to Wikipedia: "After the ceremony, the Golden Spike was donated to the Stanford Museum (now Cantor Arts Center) in 1898." @KJ: According to Wikipedia: “After the ceremony, the Golden Spike was donated to the Stanford Museum (now Cantor Arts Center) in 1898.”

]]> By: KJ http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141339 KJ Mon, 11 May 2009 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141339 I'd be interested to know what happened to the spikes afterwards? I can imagine the next day, theives trying steal the precious metal spikes. I’d be interested to know what happened to the spikes afterwards? I can imagine the next day, theives trying steal the precious metal spikes.

]]> By: Scott-O http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425/comment-page-1#comment-141338 Scott-O Mon, 11 May 2009 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25425#comment-141338 And how long after that last spike did it take AmTrak to have their first derailment? And how long after that last spike did it take AmTrak to have their first derailment?

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