Ferretti Shrine

Historical marker location:

Moccasin, California

( Marker is on Moccasin Creek Road, 0.6 miles north of California Highway 49/126, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1971

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.