Sloat Monument

Historical marker location:

Monterey, California

( Marker can be reached from Corporal Ewing Road.)

Marker installed: 1910

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.