Bodie, California

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Freight team at Bodie, California ca. 1880

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View of Bodie, California in 1880

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This 1880 view of Bodie, California has been restored by Western Mining History. Depicted is the town of Bodie at the height of the gold rush that put it on the map as one of the West's most important mining towns.

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Bodie, California

1903 view of Bodie, California

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This 1903 view of Bodie, California has been restored by Western Mining History. Depicted is the town of Bodie with the mighty Sierra mountain range in the background.

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Bodie, California

Bodie California ca1915

Bodie, California ca. 1880

Stagecoaches in front of the Grand Central Hotel - Bodie, California 1880

Bodie California as seen from the Old Standard mine

Pack trains hauling wood at Bodie, California

Miners pose at the Standard Mine - Bodie, California 1900

The Mono County Bank - Bodie, California ca. 1880

Bodie, Californa ca. 1890

Bodie - Hise Restaurant 1930's

Photo donated by descendants of the Hise family. The following text was included with the photos:

I have attached two photos of my greatgrandparents, Ray and Rose Hise, outside their restaurant which I believe is now known as Sam Leon Bar and Barbershop. I'm not sure who the other well dressed women are in the second photo with my grandmother. These were taken in the mid 1930s. They left in 1937, having lived there nine years.

She had a thriving restaurant that was burned up in the 1932 fire on Main Street. Starting over, they rented this building that was once the town's mortuary. The owner leased it to my grandmother to run her restaurant if she fixed it up. So they fixed the upstairs and had to put in windows in the front of the building. They put in used windows that don't match. As you see, it is the same windows in the Sam Leon Bar. Thought you might enjoy these two photos of the Hise's restaurant. Wiley Post and Wallace Berry once ate at her restaurant as she was known to be the best cook and made the best homemade pies.

Bodie - Hise Restaurant 1930's

Burned wreckage of the Standard Mill at Bodie 1898

The original Standard mill burned on October 6, 1898. Construction of a new mill commenced almost immediately, and the new facility was operational by February of 1899.

Reading Store snowed in at Bodie, California 1911

Digging out - Bodie, California March, 1911

Written on this photo was "Couldn't get out front of house so crawled through top of window on side" and "Year of big slide". Another note indicates this photo was taken after the big storm on March 7, 1911.

Bodie Bank prior to 1932 fire

1880 map of Bodie district mining claims

1909 USGS topo map of the Mono Lake area with route of Mono Mills railway

1873 Map of Bodie and Aurora

Illustration of Bodie Mines ca. 1877