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Bodie, California Ghost Town
Stagecoaches in front of the Grand Central Hotel on Main Street in 1880. Tucked away in the hills of Mono County is Bodie, with scarce 800 inhabitants. It is a peaceful, respectable town now, but time was when it contained … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodie, Ghost Towns, Gold, Gold Mining, History, Old West, Photographs, Photos, Pics, Travel
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