Tumco

Historical marker location:

2401 Gold Rock Ranch Road, Winterhaven, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Gold Rock Ranch Road and Walker Way on Gold Rock Ranch Road.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.