McGroarty Home

Historical marker location:

7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, California

( Marker can be reached from McGroarty Terrace east of Plainview Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1955

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.