Historical Marker
Rainbow Lodge
Historical marker location:
131 Main Street, Chester, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Willow Way, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.)
Marker installed: 2007
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.