Historical Marker
Cohen-Vecki House
Historical marker location:
169 Front Street, Danville, California
( Marker is on Front Street south of East Prospect Avenue.)
Marker installed: 2009
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.