Historical Marker
Schramsberg
Historical marker location:
1400 Schramsberg Road, Calistoga, California
( Marker is on Schramsberg Road west of California Highway 29.)
Marker installed: 1957
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.