Gold Creek

Historical marker location:

Pleasanton, California

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Chestnut Way.)

Marker installed: 1988

The Great Gold Discovery of 1871.

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.