Livermore and Chester Store

Historical marker location:

1831 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Chester Avenue and 19th Street, on the right when traveling west on Chester Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1965

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.