Historical Marker
Rumford's Pharmacy
Historical marker location:
2960 Sacramento Street, Berkeley, California
( Marker is on Sacramento Street north of Ashby Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2017
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.