Oh, the Places They Go! - Visit to Bodie, CA (pop. 0)

From the site: Oh, the Places They Go! - Visit to Bodie, CA (pop. 0)

Lee Vining, CA Thirty miles north of Lee Vining is the ghost town of Bodie, known today as Bodie State Historical Park.  Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by a group of prospectors, including W. S. Bodey.   Bodey died in a blizzard the following November while making a supply trip, never getting to see the rise of the town that was named after him.   According to local lore the town’s name was changed from “Bodey,” “Body,” and a few other phonetic variations, to “Bodie,” after a painter in the nearby boomtown of Aurora, lettered a sign “Bodie Stables.” The ghost town of Bodie Mining in the ...Read more...

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