"Annie's Oak"

Historical marker location:

Berkeley, California

( Marker is on Leroy Avenue near Ridge Road.)

Marker installed: 1998

City of Berkeley Landmark. Designated in 1986.

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869, but the western terminus of the railroad was actually in Oakland, California. The railroad made it easier and faster to travel across the country, and helped to spur California's economic growth.