Historical Marker

Ranch House

Historical marker location:
10915 High Valley Road, Clearlake Oaks, California
( Marker is on High Valley Road (Business County Road 220).)
Marker installed: 2009

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.