The historic encampment is comprised of cabins and shanties (including supposedly Twain's) that line the road for a ways, just below the lofty heights of Star Peak.
A more or less ghost town (though it has a few inhabitants) where Mark Twain spent some time. 40.4457 -118.1223 4 Unionville ( take I-80 exit 119 (Oreana) northeast of Lovelock, then go east and then north on Lovelock-Unionville Rd for about 22 miles, then west on Unionville Rd).A Classical Revival building built in 1920-21. Exhibits include everything from antique mining equipment used by the early residents of modern Lovelock to ancient artifacts from the first Native American tribes to explore what is now Pershing County. Built out of a restored house constructed in 1874, the Marzen House Museum is dedicated to the local history of Lovelock and the surrounding area.
It runs the length of the city from exit 105 at its southern end to exit 107 in the north. Cornell Avenue, three blocks west of the freeway, is home to the majority of Lovelock's tourist amenities.
