Historical Marker
Lee Family Ranch House
Historical marker location:
115 Lorenz Road, Weaverville, California
( Marker can be reached from Lorenz Road north of Bremer Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1993
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.