In the Ghosttown of Bodie, California there was once a prosperous gold mine that gave the town life. For years miners came from all over the country with gold fever and the dream of wealth and living the good life in the golden state.
As the town grew in size so did its residences egos, and the bad reputation of the town. Dangerous men became the normal bystanders on the dusty roads of this tiny town tucked in the Eastern Sierra Mountain Range close to the Nevada border.
The mines produced over $34 million dollars in gold, and at it's largest had a population of 7-8000 individuals running wild between the church, school house, and bar.
Now this sounds like many of the old mining ghosttowns that are scattered throughout the west. But there's something disturbing about Bodie, something that leaves visitors questinoning when the view the town from outside the locked doors, and perring in barred windows.
This once prosporious town now lays still, but will all the memories of the inhabitants that onces dwwelled in the mysterious valley that seemed to have just up and left in the middle of a meal around the dinning room tabel, having a drink at the bar, and even filing mail to be sent out of the town-perhaps to loved ones in Cincinnati, or a morgage broker in San Francisco. But for whatever reason, the down was diserted! Some speculate that it was the mine going dry, but that would be no reason to leave food on the tables, and a drink at the bar! What could have possibly happened in Bodie to make its residences leave all their belongings behind with hot plates full of food and perfectlly good wiskey behind the bar?
If you wish to visit this creep old town, all you have to do is head to the eastern art of California, along highway 395 outside of Bridgeport, and turn east at the sign. There you will come to the skeleton of a town once known throughout the west. And perhaps figure out what really happened to all the residences.
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