Eshcol/Trefethen Winery

Historical marker location:

1160 Oak Knoll Avenue, Napa, California

( Marker can be reached from Oak Knoll Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1988

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.