'Golden Spike' Marker Returns for Brief Visit
CAPTION: Railroad historian David Hardy, of Liberty, Mo., talks about the significant role the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad had in developing the west. Building west from Hannibal and east from St. Joseph, the two ends met just east of Chillicothe on Feb. 13, 1859. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the railroad's completion, Hardy arranged to bring the original marker - which was erected at the "Golden Spike" spot - to the Grand River Historial Society Museum on Sa