Historical Marker
Jensen-Alvarado Ranch
Historical marker location:
4307 Briggs Street, Riverside, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Briggs Street and Mill Creek Street, on the right when traveling south on Briggs Street.)
Marker installed: 1987
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.