Historical Marker
Biddy Mason
Historical marker location:
333 S Spring St, Los Angeles, California
( Marker can be reached from Spring Street south of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1989
The Slave who Owned Los Angeles.
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.