The Ecstacy of Gold: Bodie, CA

Bodie, California is a ghost town east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States, about 75 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe. As Bodie Historic District, the U.S. Department of the Interior recognizes it as a National Historic Landmark. The ghost town has been administered by California State Parks since becoming a state historic park in 1962, and receives about 200,000 visitors yearly.

An original ghost town from the late 1800's. Bodie stands today in a state of "arrested decay". So coined by the State of California when they took over the town in 1962 to make it a State Historic Park.

In 1859 William (a.k.a. Waterman) S. Bodey discovered gold near what is now called Bodie Bluff. A mill was established in 1861 and the town began to grow. It started with about 20 miners and grew to an estimated 10,000 people by 1880! By that time, the town of Bodie bustled with families, robbers, miners, store owners, gunfighters and prostitutes of all kinds. At one time there was reported to be 65 saloons in town. Amongst the saloons were numerous brothels and 'houses of ill repute', gambling halls and opium dens. Needless to say that there was entertainment for every taste.

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[welcometoorefuge]

Nice choice of music for this vid. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

[youfindmesomewhere]

awesome video! Bodie is so fascinating

[secretlabs1234]

james S cain was my great grandfather

[Falacai]

Thanks for great video, I hope I will see Bodie this summer :)

If anyone would be interested you can join me on my trip from San Francisco in July :D:D

[lucaima69]

Very Very Good

[bodieangels]

The fans of Bodie ARE watching and Thank You for

your fine video work & editing.

Carry ON, pardner...