Richmond Fort

Historical marker location:

58 South 200 West, Richmond, Utah

( Marker is on South 200 West (U.S. 91 at milepost 40) near West Main Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1936

Utah was the site of the first-ever transcontinental railroad connection in the United States. The historic meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads took place on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.