Historical Marker
Asian Resource Center
Historical marker location:
301 9th Street, Oakland, California
( Marker is at the intersection of 9th Street and Harrison Street, on the left when traveling west on 9th Street.)
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.