Historic Oroville Inn

Historical marker location:

2066 Bird St, Oroville, California

( Marker is on Bird Street near Downer Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.