Alleghany

Historical marker location:

Alleghany, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Miners Street and Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Miners Street.)

Marker installed: 1990

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.