Historical Marker
Bryer/Nail House
Historical marker location:
3890 Sellers Avenue, Brentwood, California
( Marker can be reached from Sellers Avenue near Sunset Road, on the right when traveling north.)
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.