Bodie - A town frozen in time. Visit this page for information and history about Bodie, California - My Bodie State Historic Park page ...

Comprehensive guide to California's Bodie State Historic Park, a gold-mining ghost town, with map, color photos and mileage guides.

Bodie A Ghost Town that Lives on W.S. Bodie discovered gold here back in 1859. Unfortunately he died in a snow storm that winter and never saw the town that took on his name. Over the years, Bodie has seen numerous booms...and busts. There were some huge gold strikes here and, at one point, the town had nearly 10, 000 residents. By 1882 though, the big strikes were mostly history and the folks ...

BODIE, California Good-bye God, I'm going to Bodie. The Story The Pictures Location : 50 miles south of Lake Tahoe, in California, near Bridgeport and Highway 395 near the Nevada border. Telephone: 619-647-6445 (Bodie State Historic Park). History : Bodie was named after Waterman S. Body (also known as William S. Bodey) who discovered gold here in 1859. The change in spelling of the town's ...

The boom days for Bodie only lasted twenty-five years, but in that period thirty mines had taken an estimated one hundred million dollars of gold out of the ground.