Historical Marker
Lathrop House
Historical marker location:
627 Hamilton Street, Redwood City, California
( Marker is on Hamilton Street near Marshall Street.)
Marker installed: 1962
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.