Green Street

At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long (it crossed Green Street). Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences. As with other remote mining towns, Bodie had a popular, though clandestine, red light district on the north end of town. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold-bearing ore, which transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp comprising a few prospectors and company employees to a Wild West boomtown. Rich discoveries in the adjacent Bodie Mine during 1878 attracted even more hopeful people. By 1879, Bodie had a population of approximately 7,000–10,000 people and around 2,000 buildings. Over the years 1860–1941 Bodie's mines produced gold and silver valued at an estimated US$34 million (those 1886 dollars are worth$1,141,763,404.26 in 2024!)

 

pictured: 1. Methodist church 2. Miller House 3. J.S. Cain House

pictured: 1. Methodist church 2. Miller House 3. J.S. Cain House

 

Bodie Ghost Town, California

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