Venice School

Historical marker location:

31191 Road 180, Visalia, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Road 180 and Avenue 312, on the left when traveling north on Road 180.)

Marker installed: 1999

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.