Bodie California Ghost Town Pictures
The first mill was established there in 1861 and by its peak in 1880 the town boasted a population of 8000.
Bodie california ghost town pictures. This road starts out paved but eventually turns to dirtgravel once youre within the parks boundary. Facebook twitter pinterest instagram youtube linkedin vimeo bodie facebook group. California ghost towns index. Chemung mine 23 pictures.
Bodie california was once home to one of the richest gold deposits in the state. 300 pictures from 28 california ghost towns mining camps and historic sites. Bodie98du0237 c 2003 by daniel ter nedden buy pictures. Bodie b o d i boh dee is a ghost town in the bodie hills east of the sierra nevada mountain range in mono county california united states about 75 miles 121 km southeast of lake tahoe 12 mi 19 km east southeast of bridgeport at an elevation of 8379 feet 2554 m.
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. Its called bodie california and its a ghost town in the truest sense. Cerro gordo 10 pictures.
These 16 photos of the amazing old ghost town at bodie state historic park in california will make you want to go there. Bodie california ghost town. Most people consider bodie the best ghost town in the west. Powered by verbosa wordpress.
And whats more some believe that it might be a ghost town in another sense too a slightly more literal one. Body found gold here in 1859. Bodie became a boom town in 1876 after the discovery of a profitable line of gold. Once the site of a flourishing gold mine its been abandoned for decades stuck in the same state it was in when the residents all moved away.
The mining camp grew slowly from 1860 to the mid 1870s while its neighbor aurora nevada was booming.