September 29, 2018
American West
Bodie
Bodie California
ghost town
gold mining
Gold Rush
mining
Roberto Rodriguez
It must be really weird seeing a once thriving camp turn into a town then just become abandoned in a matter of years. I do not think I have ever heard a story close to this one, I have heard of mines and small towns being abandoned, but I do not think that I have heard of such a successful town being abandoned. I can only imagine what it must have been like to be one of the last people in a dying town.
19/09/2019
8:16 pm
Sebastian Azcui
It is amazing how over a short period of time a place can be abandoned like that and become a ghost city. It is weird to think that such a successful city became abandoned. I heard a similar story back in my home country but it was just a small town with very few houses, not like this. It is somewhat scary to think about it and think about it, as there is supposedly paranormal activity. Gold mines always have a story either positive, negative, or both.
22/09/2019
8:16 pm
Audrey Uribe
intriguing topic! I don’t normally read too much about ghost towns but this was a very interesting article. This article made it very clear how the decline for Bodie came to be. Could have been multiple things such as wages being cut or even the brink of war. Interesting how interrelated this story is with the Gold Rush as well.
13/10/2019
8:16 pm
Pedro Pedrozo
It certainly looked like a boring life to me. Looking to strike rich is always a long shot, and I bet most men there didn’t get their big break. To me it seems Bodie was always doomed from the start, like many other mining towns we see today. It’s just not sustainable to build a city on a finite resource. Interesting topic though.
09/01/2020
8:16 pm
Lesley Martinez
It’s so interesting to read that people like William, Pat, and Terrence traveled in crazy weather to search for gold. I had not heard about Bodie nor that it is considered a National Historic Landmark and its own State Historic Park. It’s great to see that even though the production and population declined, the town remained alive. Allowing people and former Bodie residents to visit their town and for it to remain a historical place, instead of destroying the houses and building, is fascinating. This is a great article!
06/02/2020
8:16 pm
Nathan Alba
I really enjoyed this article, having been to the historic site itself I can say that it is indeed a ghost town. But the preservation of the town itself is what makes it so incredible. Although now it is hard to imagine a ghost town when the streets are bustling with tourists, but still this article did well to commemorate those who built the town that would unfortunately come to an end.
08/02/2020
8:16 pm
Micheala Whitfield
I know where to stop next time I’m in that area. That’s so interesting how a group of individuals created a town that was prosperous and then over time came to absolutely nothing. I can’t wait to visit and see this historical landmark. I enjoyed reading this, I had no idea that there were towns that still had mine’s in them. Not to mention you get to take a tour of the mine. Maybe somebody will find gold and the mine with function again.
10/02/2020
8:16 pm
Sara Guerrero
It’s crazy to see these towns that used to have so much life just become abandoned. This town was booming with gold mines and aspiring people hoping to become rich. I find it interesting that after all these years this mine became a historical site and that people still visit it today. I once saw a video of a town that is totally deserted and no one really goes to that place. Great article it showed more than a ghost town it went through a journey as to how it became one.
01/03/2020
8:16 pm
Soleil Armijo
Ghost towns have always fascinated me, I find it incredibly interesting how a once thriving town can become completely desolate. It reminds me of before the housing bubble collapse of 2008 when there were whole sub-division of house abandoned because no one was paying for them to completed. It just goes to prove that once the resources in an area are depleted the people who lived their must try to move on and find a new way to fund their livelihoods.
01/02/2021
8:16 pm
Julia Edwin-Jeyakumar
It is weird seeing a city going through trauma like that. Over here there are haunted hotels and building, but never in a city-wide. But the haunted buildings that we have are just suspicion, it hasn’t been proven yet. When I first read the article, I imagined it like one of those horror films where they show how the town was, and then show what happened that made the town a not so horrible place. Overall it was a really good read, and there should be more articles posted on this! Gold mines are always an interesting story, and there are a lot of horrible things that had happened in history involving mines.
13/09/2019
8:16 pm