Historical Marker
Anza House
Historical marker location:
101 Third Street, San Juan Bautista, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Third Street and Franklin Street, on the left when traveling west on Third Street.)
Marker installed: 1970
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.