Hattie McDaniel

Historical marker location:

Hollywood, California

( Marker is on Santa Monica Blvd.)

Marker installed: 1999

1895-1952. Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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.