Doc S.C. Linebaugh Park

Historical marker location:

1616 Blagen Road, White Pines, California

( Marker is on Blagen Road, 0.6 miles north of Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway (California Highway 4).)

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.