Bodie, The Ghost Town of California

Bodie is located in the eastern slopes of the Sierra, close to the Nevada border. It can be righteously hot by midsummer and buried in snow in wintertime. In 1880, the town had reached nearly 8000 residents.

William S. Body found gold here in 1859. The mining camp grew slowly from 1860 to the mid-1870s, while its neighbor Aurora, Nevada, was booming. The discovery of several rich gold veins in 1876 started a rush to Bodie. At one point, there were 65 saloons at Bodie, a red light district and a chinatown. Two years later, most of the mines were worked out. At the onset of World War II, the school and post office were closed, and the last residents left the town. Bodie bordered on the lawless. On September 5, 1880, the daily Bodie Standard reported three shooting and two holdups of stages. Today, more than 150 well preserved buildings remain. Bodie is a California State Park and is maintained in a stage of "arrested decay".

                                                                          BODIE JAIL

-I actually love this kind of place....it was so cool and had a spectacular scenery, I wish Malaysia had this kind of places too and well keep it. XD