Oakland, CA
Spread across the landscape of a high, remote valley east of California's Sierra Nevada, the historic gold mining town of Bodie - one of the richest gold strikes in California - was once known as the most lawless, wildest and toughest mining camp in the west. But Bodie's heyday was short-lived. A disastrous fire in 1932 destroyed all but 10% of the town, and by the 1940's it faded into a ghost town. In 1962, the small part of the town that survived the 1932 fire was designated a State Historic Park. What remains of the town of Bodie, preserved in a state of "arrested decay", exists as it did when the last residents left.
Spread across the landscape of a high, remote valley east of California's Sierra Nevada, the historic gold mining town of Bodie - one of the richest gold strikes in California - was once known as the most lawless, wildest and toughest mining camp in the west. But Bodie's heyday was short-lived. A disastrous fire in 1932 destroyed all but 10% of the town, and by the 1940's it faded into a ghost town. In 1962, the small part of the town that survived the 1932 fire was designated a State Historic Park. What remains of the town of Bodie, preserved in a state of "arrested decay", exists as it did when the last residents left.
Past Illuminated - Nov 2018
A Classic - Nov 2018
Who doesn’t know this beauty - posing for every photographer who makes it to Bodie.
Golden Hour Moon Rise - Nov 2018
Moon Rise over Bodie - Nov 2018
Leaning Hotel of Bodie - Nov 2018
Broken Sidewalk - Nov 2018
Wooden Cart - Nov 2018
Last Light - Nov 2018
Work & Study - Nov 2018
Standard Stamp Mill and Bodie school house
Mining Cables - Nov 2018
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Wheaton & Hollis Hotel - June 2017
Cart - July 2017
Fringes of The Past - July 2017
Interior - July 2017
Bad Weather Threat - July 2017
Menacing Sky - July 2017
Storm over The Standard Stamp Mill - July 2017
Standard Stamp Mill - July 2017
View Through A Window - July 2017
Abandoned After Sunset - June 2017
Wheaton & Hollis Hotel and Bodie's firehouse (in the background)
2017/06 - Peeking Inside
Peeking into the dining hall/ saloon associated with the Wheaton & Hollis Hotel on Main Street
2017/06 - Billiard at the Wheaton & Hollis
2017/06: Milky Way over Standard Stamp Mill
2017/06 - Milky Way over Main Street
Wheaton & Hollis Hotel (illuminated) and Swazey Hotel (right, dark)
2017/06 - Hotels on Main Street
to the left is the Wheaton & Hollis Hotel, to the right the Swazey Hotel
2017/06 - Gas Station
2017/06 - Wild Irises
2017/06 - Downtown Bodie
2017/06 - Viewing the Earth Quake Damage
in late Dec 2016 Bodie was stuck by a 5.7 earthquake, with its epicenter near the 80 mile away Hawthorne, NV. There was some damage to Bodie SHP
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Reflections of the Wheaton & Hollis Hotel
2016/07 - View down Green Street
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Bodie Methodist Church - May 2015
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Interior - Sept 2012
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