Historical Marker
Sutter Creek
Historical marker location:
56 Main Street, Sutter Creek, California
( Marker is on Main Street (Old California Route 49), on the right when traveling north.)
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.