Benito Juarez

Historical marker location:

605 Douglas Boulevard, Roseville, California

( Marker is on Douglas Boulevard west of Park Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1980

1807 - 1872.

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.