Farmersville

Historical marker location:

250 East Visalia Road, Farmersville, California

( Marker is at the intersection of East Visalia Road and North Magnolia Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Visalia Road.)

Marker installed: 1983

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.