Historical Marker
Vida Blue
Historical marker location:
San Francisco, California
( Marker is on King Street north of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2008
San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame.
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.