Historical Marker
Bee-Bennett House
Historical marker location:
643 Bee Street, Placerville, California
( Marker is on Bee Street west of Coloma Road (California Highway 49), on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1986
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.