Historical Marker
Larkin House
Historical marker location:
464 Calle Principal at Jefferson Street Monterey, Monterey, California
( Marker is on Calle Principal at Jefferson Street Monterey, on the left when traveling south.)
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.