Sierra Sky Park

Historical marker location:

Fresno, California

( Marker is on North Doolittle Drive, 0.1 miles north of West Spaatz Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

America's first aviation community.

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.