Site information:

Haggin Oaks Golf Complex, near clubhouse, 3645 Fulton Ave, Sacramento

38.634153,-121.402837

Plaque information:

State plaque

Plaque text:

First Transcontinental Railroad
Western Base of the Sierra Nevada

On January 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln decreed that where the Central Pacific Railroad crossed Arden Creek the western base of the Sierra Nevada began. The hardships of railroad construction through mountains resulted in increased government subsidies. These funds gave the company impetus to finish the transcontinental railroad.

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the New Helvetia Chapter No.5, E. Clampus Vitus, August 17, 1971.

Registered 11/20/1962