THE GHOST TOWN OF BODIE
Bodie during winter season
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Bodie is one ghost town that had the reputation of being one of the most furious, vehement, violent and lawless towns in America. 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 way to settle an argument.
The local Catholic Church at Bodie
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Bodie once had a population of 10,000 people and some $75million in gold was taken from Bodie Butte. The promise for the future remains to be seen for there is as much gold under Bodie Butte a was taken out. But time has taken its toll on the tunnels and shafts which are caving in and are filling with water. There is much of interest to the tourist in this ghost town but the gold will probably stay where it is for the cost of mining it exceeds its present day value. The towns downfall came when an earthequake caused the main vein to move and it was decided it would be too much trouble and cost to relocate it.
An old rusty vintage car abandoned in front of a building in Bodie
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Bodie was a bad town. It was rich; it was remote, and its boom in the late 1870s drew a horde of adventurers from Virginia City and other fading Nevada camps.
The interiors of a classroom in Bodie
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According to legend, Bodie owes its discovery to a sign painter's mistake. In 1858 a Waterman “Bill” Body, a Dutchman from New York state, while riding through the site that is now Bodie, discovered gold. He never lived to reap the rewards of his discovery for he died in a snowstorm a few months later while trying to reach his cabin.
The ruins of the bank at Bodie
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It is said a sign painter painted a sign that read “Bodie Public Stables.” And that is how the town became known as “Bodie.”
The local bar and Post office at Bodie
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The local jail at Bodie
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In its heyday between 1878 and 1881, Bodie ran full blast around the clock, both above and below ground. A total of $25,000,000 was recovered in gold and silver ore. Enough buildings remain to make Bodie well worth trip.
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