Cooper Cabin

Historical marker location:

Big Sur, California

( Marker can be reached from Cabrillo Highway (California Route 1), on the left when traveling south.)

Andrew Molera State Park.

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.