Historical Marker
The Fort
Historical marker location:
915 North 10th Street, Taft, California
( Marker is on North 10th Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1940
Replica of SutterÂ’s Fort. Erected in 1940 A.D.
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.