Ghost
Town - Bodie, California
By Ann Zeise, Dateline: 10/31/00 Page
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Tioga
Pass, the "highway to heaven"
between Yosemite and Lee Vining near Mono Lake and Bodie in California,
and Highway 395 were ablaze with the autumn foliage of quaking
aspen in sharp contrast with the purple sage and dark juniper
and the snow covered peaks of the Inyo range. I took some liberties
with PhotoShop in editing this picture to make it look like a
watercolor painting.
Bodie State Historic Park is a genuine
California gold-mining ghost town. Visitors can walk down the
deserted streets of a town that once had a population of 10,000
people. The town was founded by Waterman S. Body (William Bodey),
who had discovered small amounts of gold in hills north of Mono
Lake. In 1877, the Standard Company struck pay dirt and a gold
rush transformed Bodie from a town of 20 people to a boomtown.
Note the high desert elevation: 8375'.
Scott, looking a bit like Jim-boy
Walton, rests on the bumper of a 30's-era truck abandoned at
the gas station.
Dare you proceed?
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