New Chicago

Historical marker location:

49483 New Chicago Road, Drytown, California

( Marker is at the intersection of New Chicago Road and Old Drytown Plymouth Road on New Chicago Road.)

Est. 1877.

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.