Historical Marker
Star Grocery
Historical marker location:
3068 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Claremont Avenue and The Uplands, on the right when traveling south on Claremont Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2012
Berkeley History.
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.