Historical Marker

First Pacific Coast Salmon Cannery

Historical marker location:
West Sacramento, California
( Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.)
Marker installed: 2009

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.
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