| April 4, 2004 |
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Bodie.com
Unlike  the experience young buckaroos have at Disney's Frontier Land, the real Wild West was far from the happiest place on Earth. Life was rough and no town exhibited the era's mixture of violence and optimism quite like Bodie, California. Once a bustling boomtown caught up in the fever of America's Gold Rush, Bodie now lies in a state of "arrested decay," an honest-to-goodness ghost town. Gauchos with the guts to make the trek will find the remaining buildings in tip-top shape, thanks to Bodie's designation as a State Historic Park in 1962. Of course, the locals realize not all folks (tenderfoots, mostly) can stomach an actual trip to a place of such ill-repute. This virtual tour should satisfy the greenhorns amongst y'all, but a word of warning: Lest you feel like staying a while, avoid the graveyard. Evidently, the undertaker was a busy man. (in Regional > United States) |
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