Historical Marker
Pine Woods
Historical marker location:
33 Church Street, Sutter Creek, California
( Marker is on Church Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2004
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.