Historical Marker
Isaac E. Shaw Building
Historical marker location:
219 North Cloverdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, California
( Marker is on North Cloverdale Boulevard near East 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.)
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.