Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the deserted streets of a town that once had a population of nearly 10,000 people. The town is named for Waterman S. Body (William Bodey), who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono Lake. In 1875, a mine cave-in revealed pay dirt, which led to purchase of the mine by the Standard Company
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Bodie is one ghost town that may hold promise for the future. Not in the same manner and fashion as was the case during the 1865s, however. Back then Bodie had the reputation of being one of the most furious, vehement, violent and lawless towns in all the Mother Lode. Law and order took a back seat to doing whatever was the inspiration of the moment including putting a bullet into someone as the only
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Gold was discovered here in 1859 by W.S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie?s mines produced gold valued at more than 100 million dollars. Tough as nails, the Bad Man from Bodie still carries his guns and his Bowie knife down through the pages of Western history.
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There are still plenty of buildings standing, although much fewer than in its heyday, largely due to a major fire in 1932. Highlights include the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel (at the coordinates) with the Boone Store opposite, the morgue and the school house. Although the boom years for the town had ended by 1892, there were still residents until the 1940's, although a handful stayed on after that.(from
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This totally abandoned 1880s-1930s, class C, gold-mining city has over 150 buildings still standing. It is located at east end of State Highway (SH) 270, 13 miles east of US 395, at a point 6.5 miles south of Bridgeport. This is the best ghost town in the United States. See our BODIE page for additional details. This is one of the towns featured in my newest book, GHOST TOWNS: Yesterday & TodayTM.
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One of the best preserved ghost towns in America. Bodie was a old gold and silver mining town with a population of up to 10,000 in it's hey day of the California Gold Rush. It became famous because of the rich gold ore found in it's hills and also for being one of the most lawless mining towns. However, it was later abandoned when the mines were depleted, and the great depression and World War II
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In its location, setting, and total isolation, and in terms of the number of historic buildings and associated mining remains that have survived in unusually good condition, Bodie is probably the finest example of a mining "ghost town" in the West.
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Ghost Town showcasing 5 percent of the original buildings in this once great gold-mining town. Bodie was notorious for its badmen, wickedness and horrible weather.
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Crisscross a sizable ghost town.
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