Historical Marker
Mount View Hotel
Historical marker location:
1457 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga, California
( Marker is on Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1982
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.