Mojave Riverbed Trail

Historical marker location:

270 E Virginia Way, Barstow, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Way and Barstow Road, on the left when traveling west on Virginia Way.)

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.