Malaga Cove Library

Historical marker location:

2400 Vía Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Vía Campesina and Via Corta, on the right when traveling east on Vía Campesina.)

Marker installed: 1980

Palos Verdes.

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.