Historical Marker
Dr. Edward Turner Bale
Historical marker location:
3801 Saint Helena Highway, Calistoga, California
( Marker can be reached from Saint Helena Highway (State Highway 29/128).)
Marker installed: 2000
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.