China Beach

Historical marker location:

Capitola, California

( Marker is on New Brighton State Beach Parking Lot, 0.4 miles south of McGregor Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1984

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.