Farley Building

Historical marker location:

365 East Campbell Avenue, Campbell, California

( Marker is at the intersection of East Campbell Avenue and North Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Campbell Avenue.)

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.