Historical Marker
The Steinbeck House
Historical marker location:
132 Central Avenue, Salinas, California
( Marker can be reached from Central Avenue near Stone Street.)
Marker installed: 1995
132 Central Avenue. Salinas, California.
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.