Abandoned at Bodie
by Carolyn Derstine
Title
Abandoned at Bodie
Artist
Carolyn Derstine
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Bodie is a genuine gold-mining ghost town located east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, California. In the 1870's, after gold was discovered in hills north of Mono Lake, people flocked to Bodie and transformed it from a town of a few dozen to a boomtown that had a population of nearly 10,000 people in its glory days from 1879 to 1882. Like other boomtowns, however, by the 1890's, Bodie began a slow, steady decline as mines closed, a disastrous fire struck the town, and the Bodie Railway was abandoned.
Prohibition and the Depression also contributed to the decline. By the 1950's, only a small part of the town survived. In 1962, after years of neglect, Bodie was designated a State Historic Site and a National Historic Landmark. Bodie is now maintained in a state of what is termed "arrested decay" which means the buildings are protected, not restored. Visitors can walk the deserted streets of a town that once was a bustling area of activity and today exists as it did when the last residents left. The interiors remain as they were left, still furnished and stocked with goods, providing a snapshot of the past.
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