Bodie’s source of gold came from hard rock mining – mining that requires breaking apart ore to extract gold that’s intermingled with the rock. There are many steps to this kind of mining; here are some of the steps: Ore extraction Basically, “ore extraction” means digging. Digging for A LOT …
Earthquakes happen all the time in California, though there aren’t many around the 8,000ft mark where Bodie is located. Click the image below for a daily-updated earthquake map from the USGS (US Geological Survey).
Ella Cain was born June 9, 1872 in Bodie. She was the daughter of M. J. Cody, the first Land Office Receiver in the Mono County area, and was elected sheriff of Mono County in 1888. Ella grew up in Bridgeport, and eventually returned to Bodie to be teach school …
Project Managers Dorothea J Theodoratus Clinton M. Blount by Valerie H. Diamond Robert A. Hicks Submitted to Southern California Edison Company Rosemead, California by Theodoratus Cultural Research, Inc. Fair Oaks, California August 1988 View the original PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Research on the Rush Creek and Lee Vining hydroelectric systems was aided …
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL SURVEY OF HISTORIC SITES AND BUILDINGS National Survey Of Historic Sites And Buildings STATE: California THEME(S): XV-(Mining Frontier) NAME(S) OF SITE: Bodie APPROX. ACREAGE: 500 Acres. EXACT LOCATION: Mono County, 7 miles south of Bridgeport, via U.S. Highway 395, and …
As of June 24, 1994, only 140 of the grave sites had been located. The last burial to take place in the Bodie cemetery was on August 14,1994, when Kenneth L. Mckeough – born in Bodie in 1908 – was interred. Due to Bodie’s status as a landmark, there are …
