Historical Marker
The Ice House
Historical marker location:
9515 Main Street, Upper Lake, California
( Marker is on Main Street north of First Street, on the left when traveling north.)
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.