New Mecklenberg

Historical marker location:

330 1st Street, Marysville, California

( Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street and D Street, on the right when traveling east on 1st Street.)

Marker installed: 1985

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.