Bodie State Historic Park
Hwy 270
Bridgeport, CA 93517
Phone: (760) 647-6445
Bridgeport, CA 93517
Phone: (760) 647-6445
- Hours:
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Editorial Review for Bodie State Historic Park – by Emily Zietlow
In Short
William Bodey discovered gold near this ghost town in 1859. By 1880, the town's population grew to 10,000 and it had become a "Sin City" on the frontier, bursting with gambling halls, brothels, opium dens and saloons. Only 5 percent of those original buildings remain, including a bank vault, jail, saw mill, stamp mill, saloon, Methodist church and numerous residences. The park rangers offer several daily tours of the stamp mill.
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