Frances Albrier

Historical marker location:

2800 Park Street, Berkeley, California

( Marker is on Park Street.)

Marker installed: 2007

(1898-1987). Champion of Equal Rights and Social Justice.

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.