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Bodie (/ ˈ b oʊ d iː / BOH-dee) is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States.It is about 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe, and 12 mi (19 km) east-southeast of Bridgeport, [6] at an elevation of 8,379 feet (2554 m). [1]
The following is a list of buildings in Bodie, California. It largely follows the self-guided walking tour in the official guide provided by California State Parks . [ 1 ] Some buildings have also been documented by Heritage Documentation Programs of the National Park Service.
The Bodie Hills is a low mountain range in Mono County, California, in the United States. [2] The highest peak is Potato Peak at an altitude of 10,220 ft (3,115 m). [1] The Bodie Hills are between Bridgeport and the Nevada border, where they become the Bodie Mountains in Mineral County, Nevada.
Welcome to Bodie, California. The once bustling mining town, known for it's shootouts, bar room brawls and stagecoach holdups is now just a shadow of itself. It sits deep in the desert, almost as ...
Bodie termination Bodie and Benton Railway route Mono Mills termination point in 1914. As the Bodie Railway & Lumber Company, the railroad was established in 1881 to link the gold-mining town of Bodie to the Bodie Wood and Lumber Company's newly built sawmill, Mono Mills, 32 miles south of Bodie along the eastern shore of Mono Lake.
Bodie, as seen from the hill looking to the cemetery. Mono County was formed in 1861 from parts of Calaveras, Fresno and Mariposa counties. A portion of northern Mono County contributed to the formation of Alpine County in 1864; parts of the county's territory were given to Inyo County in 1866.
Bodie, California, a ghost town in Mono County; Bodie, Washington, a ghost town; Bodie Hills, a low mountain range in Mono County; Bodie Island, a barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks; Bodie Mine, the patent gold mine which spurred the relocation of Bodie, Washington; Bodie Mountains, a mountain range in Nevada
Rosa Elizabeth White (January 1855 – 1911/1912), known as Rosa May was a prostitute during the late 19th century and very early 20th century who lived in the Virginia City, Nevada and Bodie, California areas. A local legend states that she selflessly nursed sick miners during an epidemic and succumbed to the illness herself.