Bodie ghost town,1937 Chevrolet coupe, California
by Neale And Judith Clark
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Bodie ghost town,1937 Chevrolet coupe, California
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Ghost town car - Rusting car in Bodie ghost town Bodie State Historic Park California USA United States of America
Bodie is a ghost town in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California, United States about 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Lake Tahoe, 12 mi (19 km) east-southeast of Bridgeport, at an elevation of 8379 feet (2554 m). Bodie became a boom town in 1876 after the discovery of a profitable line of gold; by 1879 it had a population of 7,000–10,000.
The town went into decline in the subsequent decades and came to be described as a ghost town by 1915. The U.S. Department of the Interior recognizes the designated Bodie Historic District as a National Historic Landmark.
Also registered as a California Historical Landmark,the ghost town officially was established as Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
Bodie is now an authentic Wild West ghost town.Bodie has many abandoned artifacts, such as this 1937 Chevrolet coupe.
The town was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961, and in 1962 the state legislature authorized creation of Bodie State Historic Park. A total of 170 buildings remained. Bodie has been named as California's official state gold rush ghost town
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