Harmon Gregg Heald

Historical marker location:

Healdsburg, California

( Marker can be reached from Healdsburg Avenue near Plaza Street.)

Marker installed: 1964

1824 - 1858. Founder of Healdsburg in 1851.

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.