J. S. Cain House, Green & Park Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Summary
Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 1859; but, though many efforts were made to exploit the area, it was not until 1874 that the great potential wealth of the district became promising. Bodie reached its peak in production in 1879-80 and the population swelled to 10-12 thousand. Total production of gold and silver is estimated at 90-100 million.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-54
Survey number: HABS CA-1920
Building/structure dates: before 1904 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work
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Tags
houses
lumber industry
gold mining
domestic life
rangers
bodie
cain
house
cain house
green
park streets
mono
mono county
california
david victor cain
ella cain
james stuart cain
david r cartnal
john n dehaas
historic american buildings survey
larry jay keller
a lewis koue
mcgrath
mission 66 program
richard l palmer
ronald partridge
charles st george pope
richard i shope
tony e smith
james k wright
photo
architectural diagrams
library of congress
Date
1920
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
McGrath
Cain, James Stuart
Cain, David Victor
Cain, Ella
Keller, Larry Jay, field team
Shope, Richard I, field team
Cartnal, David R, field team
Wright, James K, field team
Palmer, Richard L, field team
Smith, Tony E, field team
Pope, Charles St. George, project manager
DeHaas, John N, project manager
Mission 66 Program, sponsor
Partridge, Ronald, photographer
Koue, A Lewis, historian
Cartnal , David R, delineator
Keller, Larry Jay, delineator
Palmer, Richard L, delineator
Location
Bodie
,
38.21415, -119.00460
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html