Historical Marker
El Cerrito's First Mayor
Historical marker location:
10002 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito, California
( Marker is at the intersection of San Pablo Avenue and Fairmont Avenue, on the right on San Pablo Avenue.)
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.