Dutch Corners

Historical marker location:

23543 Ave 56, Ducor, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Avenue 56 and Carlisle Road, on the left when traveling west on Avenue 56.)

Marker installed: 1980

(Ducor).

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.