Historical Marker
Barker Hotel
Historical marker location:
300 Lincoln Street, Roseville, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Street and Pacific Street, on the right when traveling north on Lincoln Street.)
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.