Seabiscuit

Historical marker location:

285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California

( Marker can be reached from West Huntington Drive, on the left when traveling east.)

1933-1947.

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.