Chappell Roland Hayes

Historical marker location:

3660 Middle Harbor Road, Oakland, California

( Marker can be reached from Middle Harbor Road near 7th Street.)

1948 1994.

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.