Nenana, Alaska - The town name is a native word for "land between two rivers", the Tenana and Nenana rivers. On the left is the historic railroad station where in 1923 President Calvin Coolidge drove in the golden spike connecting the Alaska Railroad tracks from Fairbanks to Seward. Nenana is also famous for the Nenana Ice Classic where thousands of people bet on when the Nenana River breaks up in the spring thaw each year. The black and white pole is set on the frozen river with a cable attached to a monitor. When the pole moves the monitor records the exact date and time of the break up. If your bet is the closest, you win a lot of money.