Historical Marker
Hogarth Stamp Mill
Historical marker location:
584 South Main Street, Angels Camp, California
( Marker can be reached from South Main Street/Golden Chain Highway (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2011
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.