Editing Northern California (section)

=== Population and agricultural expansion (1855–1899) ===
[[File:Mount Shasta Farm.jpg|thumb|left|Farm near [[Mount Shasta]]]]
The decades following the Gold Rush brought dramatic expansion to northern California, both in population and economically&nbsp;– particularly in agriculture. The completion of the [[First transcontinental railroad]] in 1869, with its terminus in Sacramento (and then later, Oakland), meant that northern California's agricultural produce (and some manufactured goods) could now be shipped economically to the rest of the United States. In return, immigrants from the rest of the United States (and Europe) could comfortably come to northern California. A network of railroads spread throughout northern California, and in 1887, a [[Siskiyou Trail|rail link]] was completed to the [[Pacific Northwest]]. Almost all of these railways came under the control of the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], headquartered in San Francisco, and San Francisco continued as a financial and cultural center.

Substantial tensions during this era included nativist sentiments (primarily against Chinese immigrants),<ref>{{Cite web|title=California Labor History Archive|url=https://calaborfed.org/california-history/|access-date=July 29, 2021|website=California Labor Federation|date=October 29, 2016 |language=en-US}}</ref> tensions between the increasing power of the Southern Pacific Railroad and small farmers, and the beginnings of the labor union movement.