Vandalia

Historical marker location:

225 East College Avenue, Porterville, California

( Marker is on East College Avenue west of Road 252, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1982

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.