Historical Marker
Transpolar Record Flight Site
Historical marker location:
San Jacinto, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Cottonwood Avenue and South Sanderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Cottonwood Avenue.)
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.