Historical Marker
Knowles
Historical marker location:
35953 Knowles Road, Knowles, California
( Marker is on Knowles Road (County Road 606) ΒΌ mile north of Granite Road, on the left.)
Marker installed: 1989
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.