Historical Marker

Ira Thompson

Historical marker location:
9263 Valley Blvd, Rosemead, California
( Marker can be reached from Valley Boulevard east of Loma Avenue.)

(1800–1866) (No stone). Savannah Memorial Park.

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.
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