Historical Marker
Edison Building
Historical marker location:
2016 Bird Street, Oroville, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Bird Street and Myers Street on Bird Street.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.