Very. It's so desolate that when the mines played out, people just picked up and left, leaving their furniture in their homes rather than pay outrageous freighter's fees to move it to their new homes.
Love going to Bodie. We would go every time we camped in Lee Vining for trout fishing. I was amazed how many kids died there back in the day. If you go, check out the graveyard. I've seen that little girls headstone, lots more kids buried there. Amazing place.
I heard that girl was standing behind a miner who raised his pickaxe behind him in order to swing. Unfortunately the girl got it right in her head. Might not be this particular girl but it did happen to one of the girls buried in that cemetery.
It is always sad to come across the grave of a child and to know the sorrow that would have accompanied that.
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ReplyDeleteThe light is beautiful.
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ReplyDeleteVery. It's so desolate that when the mines played out, people just picked up and left, leaving their furniture in their homes rather than pay outrageous freighter's fees to move it to their new homes.
DeleteThat’s a nice one Ken.
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Graveyards, battle fields, and places like that carry a weird energy to me.
ReplyDeleteGreat picture Kenny
JD
Bodie is fascinating yet I have never been.
ReplyDeleteFWIW a YT channel by some guy who bought Cerro Gordo to restore as a tourist destination:
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Yea it's sad that the old saloon burnt down there...
Deletei always thought this was a good one. it's where my family is buried. a man and his dog.
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Love going to Bodie. We would go every time we camped in Lee Vining for trout fishing. I was amazed how many kids died there back in the day. If you go, check out the graveyard. I've seen that little girls headstone, lots more kids buried there. Amazing place.
ReplyDeleteI heard that girl was standing behind a miner who raised his pickaxe behind him in order to swing. Unfortunately the girl got it right in her head. Might not be this particular girl but it did happen to one of the girls buried in that cemetery.
ReplyDeleteHere's the story:
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