Edward P. Lovejoy, son of Elijah Lovejoy, left the Midwest for California, where he served in Weaverville as district attorney, judge, and newspaper editor, then moved to Virginia City, Nevada, and operated the American Exchange Hotel. When the Comstock economy rapidly declined and his business failed, he began again in Wabuska as an employee of the Carson & Colorado Railroad. In 1881 he started E.P. Lovejoy, General Merchandise and Produce, a place that also functioned as a hotel, restaurant, bar, grocer, and post office. Lovejoy died in Wabuska on August 26, 1891, and was buried in the Dayton, Nevada, cemetery. The business continued afterward as a bar and mercantile under J.M. Feeny, and in 1937 Al and Mary Veil purchased the property. After Al's death, Mary continued serving drinks to patrons well into her later years. Later owners tried to revive the bar, but Wabuska remained too isolated to attract enough customers. Through cycles of boom and bust, Lovejoy's large establishment endured and still stands as Mason Valley's northern sentry.