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Bodie Jail, Bodie, Mono County, CA

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Bodie Jail, Bodie, Mono County, CA

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Significance: The town of Bodie was the result of a gold rush in 1859. By 1879, Bodie reached its pinnacle with Main Street being approximately one mile long. The typical building was a poorly constructed one or two story frame structure. By 1883, the main veins had been exhausted and the people left as suddenly as they had come.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-167
Survey number: HABS CA-1925
Building/structure dates: ca. 1859- ca. 1879 Initial Construction

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1925
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Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
McDonald, Melissa, historian
DeHaas, John N, photographer
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