Historical Marker
Hotel De Anza
Historical marker location:
233 East Fourth Street, Calexico, California
( Marker is on East Fourth Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2000
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.