Historical Marker
Historical Site
Historical marker location:
Los Angeles, California
( Marker is at the intersection of South Spring Street and West Second Street, on the right when traveling south on South Spring Street.)
Marker installed: 1949
Butterfield Stage Station.
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.