The first time Dennis Ariza visited the ghost town of Bodie in the Eastern Sierras, he got the impression the residents had been abducted by aliens. “I learned that when the gold mine closed families ...
THE WAYBACK TOWN: There aren't too many places in California where it feels as if time as not passed, not even an iota. Oh, natural places, for sure: The ancient bristlecone pine forest in the Inyo ...
In 1859, gold was discovered in California by a group of prospectors, including a tin manufacturer named W.S. Bodey. And the Gold Rush began. The following November, Bodey died in a blizzard while ...
Boone Store and Warehouse was built in 1874 for Harvey Boone, a descendent of Daniel Boone. During a long-ago summer of wandering the Western U.S. in a woefully underpowered 1971 VW bus, we were ...
If you’re like me, I’m sure you’ve seen the weather page with the small posting of the hottest and coldest spot in the state – and most of the time, the coldest spot is Bodie State Park. I’ve seen ...
and silver was pulled out of the hillsides in the decades after Waterman Body and Black Taylor struck pay dirt in 1859. Gold diggers scurried to the east side of the Sierra Nevada to find their ...
The three earthquakes that rattled western Nevada on Wednesday morning caused some damage to California’s fragile Bodie State Historic Park, which will remain closed until Sunday while rangers repair ...
2002-06-24 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento-- One is more Disneyland than ghost town, complete with shopkeepers in 1880s costume, re-enacted gunfights and mining tours. The other is desolate and dusty, ...
2002-08-21 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento-- In a deal not quite on a par with the Missouri Compromise, the feud between two ghost towns over which would win the coveted designation of California's official ...
Isolated in California’s desolate high desert east of the Sierra Nevada, the ghost town of Bodie still stands as a testament to those who endured the tough conditions of the frontier during the Gold ...
During a long-ago summer of wandering the Western U.S. in a woefully underpowered 1971 VW bus, we were camped in Yosemite Valley when learning of an exceptional ghost town on the eastern flank of ...
The three earthquakes that rattled western Nevada on Wednesday morning caused some damage to California’s fragile Bodie State Historic Park, which will remain closed until Sunday while rangers repair ...
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