"Dinky"

Historical marker location:

526 Main Street, Chester, California

( Marker can be reached from Main Street (California Route 36).)

Marker installed: 1999

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.