Click on photo for a link to a site with more info on Bodie.
One more link to another Bodie website by clicking photo
Click photo for link to official state park website
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| Bodie California | ||||||||||||||
| An old gold mining boom town set high up in the Inyo Mountains. During its heyday in the 1880s, Bodie had a population of 10,000 people. By the 1930s it was pretty much abandoned. It is now a state park and the buildings are preserved in a state of "arrested decay" | ||||||||||||||
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| Jerry by a Pelton Wheel that was used to generate power. Click on photo for a link to a site with more info on Bodie. |
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| The Methodist church built in 1882; the last service was held in 1932. This photo won John the 3rd prize at the Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival this year (landscape category)! | ||||||||||||||
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| At the corner of Union and Prospect Streets. One more link to another Bodie website by clicking photo |
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| This is a really cool house with a great front window case. This was the J.S. Mc Cain residence. Click photo for link to official state park website |
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| Here is Jerry standing by an old privvy. | ||||||||||||||
| From the inside looking out | ||||||||||||||
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| Arrested decay | ||||||||||||||