Historical Marker

Lykken’s Department Store

Historical marker location:
North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California
( Marker is on 182 North Palm Canyon Drive (Business California Route 111), on the left when traveling south.)

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.
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