Bodie: The Town That Belongs to Ghosts

In 1880, citizens or Bodie, California, crowded onto Main Street to celebrate the Fourth of July. Among them were prospectors, miners, gamblers, and even gunfighters. They had all come to this dusty, remote spot in the mountains for one reason-to find gold. Within fifty years, however, the town's Main Street would be abandoned and filled with a ghostly silence. Where did everyone go? What had happened to make them leave? Look inside to find out more about Bodie, including how and why its citizens left their once-bustling town.