Bodie (Mono County) California

~~~~BODIE MINERS’ UNION and Bodie Morgue- “arrested decay”

Bodie (Mono County) California, today is a “Reflection in the Mirror”

This is Bodie, or rather what remains of Bodie, California. Designated a California State Historic Park in 1962. It is now preserved in a state of “arrested decay.” (This means the buildings’, roofs, windows and foundations are repaired and stabilized, not restored.)

During the 1877-1881, Bodie Mining District included 30 different Mines, and 9 Stamp Mills.

The July 29, 1892 FIRE destroyed most of the Business District. The Fire stated in a defective-flue in the Bakery of Mrs. J Perry. The estimated cost of the losses was $75,000. Bodie never rebuilt, or recovered from the damage.

Without mining, the “boom years” were over quickly in the remote Mono County location. The population dwindled in the 1900’s.- 698 citizens in 1910.

The population of Bodie is listed as 110 citizens in the 1920 Census. There were more graves in the Cemetery, than town-folks, calling Bodie their permeant residence in the 1920 Census. The Bodie Cemetery holds the “untold history of Mono County.”