Historical Marker
Sunol
Historical marker location:
11930 Main Street, Sunol, California
( Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1984
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.