Benitoite

Historical marker location:

25365 Coalinga - Los Gatos Road, Paicines, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Coalinga - Los Gatos Road and Union Carbide Road, on the right when traveling west on Coalinga - Los Gatos Road.)

Marker installed: 2001

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.