Historical Marker
Del Martin
Historical marker location:
San Francisco, California
( Marker is on 19th Street west of Castro Street, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2019
(1921-2008).
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.