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| Unionville, NV 1862 Could the Confederates used their supporters in Unionville to cut the northern trail to California?
I cannot stress enough how beautiful Unionville really is. My pictures don’t do it justice. Besides the Civil War connection there is the mining history and the ghost town itself. If you are looking for a nice quiet vacation far from the bustle and noise of Las Vegas or Reno you can’t do much better than Unionville. By the way, Unionville is up in the canyon on the left. And since the nearest major airport is Reno, you can get a little of that in, too.
The Drive Through Unionville 
Unionville is a great example of how far the passions of the Civil War spread. Out here in this beautiful western countryside it’s hard now to imagine that the strife and warfare back east would be noticed, much less have an effect; but, it did. The passion that split the country and drove us to war split Unionville down the middle as well.
 In the spring of 1861 word of a silver strike in Buena Vista Canyon Nevada spread through the mining camps of the west. The first miners on the scene were southern sympathizers and named the boomtown that sprang up Dixie. As more miners poured in the balance of political feeling tilted to support of the Union and in a hard fought campaign the newcomers changed the name of the town to Unionville.
It may come as a complete surprise to you, but, the renaming of the town did nothing to calm local feelings, or to heal the rift that had formed between the original settlers and the newcomers. Consequently, Unionville was divided down the middle of Main Street with its own Masson-Dixon Line and daily shuttles were arranged to move people around and across the line without threat of violence.
One of the newcomers was a young newspaper reporter and would be novelist named Samuel Clemons. Samuel moved in to Unionville to make his fortune with a big strike. He didn’t do so well as a miner and after a failed attempt at mine fraud Samuel left Unionville grumbling; but, he did have better luck later in life writing under the pen name Mark Twain.
After the mines played out most people moved on looking for the next big strike, but some folks stayed on and took up ranching. The place is really quite beautiful. And quiet, very peaceful. There is a bed and breakfast here now; I looked for it and didn't see a sign so I'm not sure where it is, but I'll bet sunrises are stunning.
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