Jacob Keck, Sr.

Historical marker location:

46 North Main Street, Colfax, California

( Marker is on North Main Street south of Depot Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

Colfax Pioneer.

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.