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Item Title
Bodie Jail, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Location
Bodie, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-1925
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-167).
Building/structure dates:
1859 initial construction
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.
Subjects
Wooden BuildingsJailsGold Mining
Related Names
McDonald, Melissa, Historian
DeHaas, John N., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. EXTERIOR, FRONT WEST VIEW
2. EXTERIOR, FRONT WEST VIEW, CLOSE-UP
3. EXTERIOR, VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST, FRONT
4. EXTERIOR, EXPOSED WALL CONSTRUCTION DETAIL
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