Woods Crossing

Historical marker location:

Jamestown, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Sonora Pass Highway (State Highway 49/108) and Bell Mooney Rd, on the right when traveling east on Sonora Pass Highway.)

Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail.

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.