Here’s a list of businesses that once existed in Bodie. This list has been gathered from the various books about Bodie as well as newspapers of the times. If you have more information about any of these that you’d care to share, please contact us.
Name | Notes | More Info |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Beck | ||
| Lester B. Bell | ||
| Jno. L. Berry, M.D. | Had an office and drug store. Formerly of Bellevue Hospital, NY. | |
| W. S. Bodey | W. could have stood for Wakeman, Waterman, or William. | |
| Harvey Boone | ||
| Dr. Frank L. Bosqui | ||
| Warren Boyd | ||
| Amasa Bryan | ||
| Wilson Butler | First resident blacksmith | |
| Ben Butler | ||
| James Stuart Cain | Businessman, owned many businesses In Bodie. | http://www.Bodie.com/history/people/james-stuart-cain |
| Father Cassin | ||
| H. L. Childs | ||
| E. R. Cleveland | ||
| M.J. Cody | ||
| J. L. Colman | ||
| Bob Conway | ||
| Ed Cox | Seriously injured in explosion | |
| Coyle | ||
| J. Emit Dechambeau | ||
| William Deegan | ||
| Joseph DeRoche | ||
| Cordelia Hays Dolan | http://www.Bodie.com/history/cemetery/cordelia-hays-dolan | |
| Felix Donnelly | ||
| Charlie Donnelly | ||
| Peter Essington | At one time, owned the Bunker Hill claim. | |
| Joe Farnsworth | Nigh watchman in 1880 | |
| Richard Reynolds Fouke | ||
| Robert Phillip Fouke | ||
| Annie C. Fouke | ||
| Nathan H. Gregory | ||
| Theodore Hoover | ||
| Mildred Hoover | ||
| Daniel Horner | First child born in Bodie. | |
| Charlie Jardine | ||
| Eli Johl | ||
| Lottie Johl | ||
| "Pioche" Kelley | ||
| J. W. Kingsley | ||
| Thomas Leggett | Superintendent of the Standard Company. | |
| T. H. Leggett | ||
| Harry Lewis | ||
| Lewis Lockberg | At one time, owned the Bunker Hill claim. | |
| William Loose | ||
| Ed Loose | ||
| Warren Loose | ||
| Joe Maquire | ||
| Ernest Marks | ||
| Rosa May | ||
| Mike McGowan | ‘Bad Man’, came from Virginia City. Would bite off ears, noses, thumbs. | |
| Dan McMillan | One-armed sheriff and manager of the Bodie baseball team. | |
| A. E. McMillan | Secretary of the Bodie Miners’ Union in 1885. | |
| Tom Miller | ||
| Ben Miller | ||
| Belle Moore | Bodie’s first school teacher. | |
| Muirhead | ||
| Alex Nixon | Elected as first President of the Miners’ Union, Jan. 15, 1878. Shot and killed in a saloon gun fight. | |
| Billy O'Hara | Empire Gold and Silver Mining Company caretaker. | |
| Dick O'Malley | Nigh watchman in 1880 | |
| H. Z. Osborne | ||
| Frank Owen | ||
| William T. Owens | ||
| James B. Perry | Late Supervisor of Mono Co. | |
| R. L. Peterson | Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, Conveyancer, office in the Rosedale Saloon | |
| R. G. Preshaw | Office over Salisbury & Richardson’s Boot and Shoe store | |
| John Pryor | Elected as first Vice President of the Miners’ Union, Jan. 15, 1878. | |
| Frank F. Quinville | Blacksmith for the Standard Consolidated Mine and | |
| A. C. Raymond | ||
| Patrick Reddy | http://www.Bodie.com/history/people/pat-reddy | |
| Gus Renaud | Killed in 1884 in the Syndicate mine powder explosion | |
| Jack Roberts | Nigh watchman in 1880 | |
| H. D. Robertson | Office at the Bodie Hotel | |
| A. C. Robinson | ||
| Dr. M. J. Roe | Office opposite Shannon’s, one door north of Cluggage’s stage office, Main St. | |
| Joe Rouse | ||
| Charles Rudin | ||
| M. Schafer | ||
| James Showers | Elected as first Treasurer of the Miners’ Union, Jan. 15, 1878. | |
| Thomas Smithen | ||
| George Storey | ||
| John A. Street, Dr. | ||
| Black Taylor | One of Bodey’s buddies. | |
| Johnny Treloar | ||
| John Wagner | Took over the Gem Eating House and renamed it to the Bon Ton Eating House in 1880. | |
| Dr. Walker | ||
| C. R. Wedertz | ||
| J. J. Welch | Bought The Tower Restaurant in March 1879 and renamed it to the Nevada Restaurant and Chop House. | |
| Frank McDonell | http://www.Bodie.com/history/people/frank-mcdonell | |
| Robert "Bobby" Tenneson Bell | http://www.Bodie.com/bodie/bobby-bell |
