Historical Marker
O'Bryne Ferry
Historical marker location:
Copperopolis, California
( Marker is on O'Byrne Ferry Road (State Highway 49), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1993
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.