Bodey Memorial Plaque- 1957

Snowshoe Thompson Chapter- E Clampus Vitus- first plaque for W. S. Bodey.

LET HIM REPOSE IN PEACE AMID THESE EVERLASTING HILLS

Snowshoe Thompson Chapter - E Clampus Vitus- October 5, 1957

The man for whom the town was named for- only has a “Memorial Plaque and Stone Marker.”

Bodie was purchased by the State of California in 1956, from the “J. S. Cain Company,”- the James Stewart heirs.

A year later, October 5, 1957- Snowshoe Thompson Chapter- E Clampus Vitus placed the plaque and memorial in Ward Cemetery.