What type of spike marked the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway?
Silver spike
Bronze spike
Iron spike
Golden spike
Answer
The completion of the Northern Pacific Railway was marked by the driving of a "golden spike" by former President Ulysses S. Grant on September 8, 1883, in western Montana. This event signified the opening of the main line from the Great Lakes to the Pacific.
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