Historical Marker
Loutzenheiser Pharmacy Building
Historical marker location:
102 West Main Street, Grass Valley, California
( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and North Auburn Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.)
Marker installed: 1986
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.