With 200 buildings and over 100 years of history, Bodie Ghost Town is quite the attraction. In 1859, gold was discovered near this town at Bodie Bluff. A town was set up in 1861 to provide amenities to the 49ers. By 1880, there was an estimated 10,000 people there. Bodie was a rough town. Supposedly someone was killed every day, but that’s not surprising given the number of saloons, brothels, gambling houses, and Opium dens there were. Miners couldn’t wait to spend their earnings there. Like many towns that boomed [...]