March 17, 1880 | The New York Times Their resources unfolded to the members of the bullion club. The members of the Bullion Club were addressed last evening on the subject of the mines of Bodie, Cal., by Mr. B. B. Minor and Mr. H. O. Callahan. Twelve months ago, …
January 28, 1966 – Mono County Pioneer BRIDGEPORT — Ella M. Cain, Mono County pioneer and author of two books about the county, died Tuesday [January 25, 1966] at 10:30 p.m. at the Mono Medical Center. She was 83. Recitation of the rosary is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at …
Hard-luck town a tombstone for the wild West by RUSTY COATS / McClatchy News Service / September 5, 1993 BODIE — At its peak, this Eastern Sierra mining town boasted 10,000 residents and 27 saloons, and blood flowed as freely as whiskey. The town churches chimed the ages of the men …
Nov 23, 1997 | the Herald-Journal | by BRENDAN RILEY, Associated Press BODIE, Calif.—Thanks to a buy-out of old claims, modern-day strip mining won’t disrupt tourists’ reveries about life a century ago in this isolated town. The $5 million deal means that quiet will prevail in what was once one …
September 25, 2015 | Story and Photos Steve Ranson | NevadaAppeal.com KEEPING BODIE ALIVE As thousands of visitors stroll along Bodie’s streets and gawk at the numerous buildings, they see a community that is now one-tenth the size it was in the 1880s when the population hovered between 8,000-10,000, and …
Sunday, July 12, 1959 | by Bud Sprunger | Lewiston Morning BODIE, Calif. (AP) – Only the specters of long-departed gunman, miners and ladies of the evening are around to celebrate the centennial of Bodie, a town that once produced 100 million dollars in gold and silver. High in a …
From the Reno Gazette-Journal, June 8, 1881 In Bodie yesterday, Dave Hitchel, otherwise known as Texas Dave, was shot by a gambler named Jim Stockdale. The bullet penetrated the intestines. Hitchell is in a very low condition. He formerly kept a hotel at Mill Creek, but for the last few …
