Historical Marker
Benjamin W. Barnes
Historical marker location:
2060 Church Street, La Porte, California
( Marker can be reached from Church Street.)
Marker installed: 1994
Pappy.
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.