William A. Richardson

Historical marker location:

270 Los Ranchitos Road, San Rafael, California

( Marker can be reached from Los Ranchitos Road near Nothgate Drive.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.