 The town's streets during the height of commercial activity, were crowded with "grog shops overflowed with charcoal burners, wood choppers, timbermen, millers, miners, bullwhackers and teamsters"

The town was abandoned after 1867, following two disastrous fires.In 1990, the University of Nevada, Reno Mackay School of Mines operated a training site for students at the nearby Union Mine.The site is marked by Nevada Historical Marker number 212.