as the town's first postmaster and invested in hotels. In particular, he was the first proprietor of the Big Meadows Hotel on Main Street, adjacent to the train station. That was eventually adapted as the Greyhound Bus depot.

By 1900, the town of Lovelock had a school, churches and a business district along what was then called Railway Street--later renamed West Broadway. Also included among the businesses were three weekly newspapers: The Lovelock Tribune, which ran from May 1898 until February