Bodie State Historic Park

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Bodie State Historic Park is a preserved ghost town and former gold-mining boomtown in the Sierra Nevada of California, maintained as a state historic site in arrested decay.

All labels observed (1)

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Bodie State Historic Park canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former mining town
ghost town
state historic park
area approximately 500 acres
boomPeriod 1880s
late 1870s
climate high-altitude semi-arid
contains Bodie Cemetery
abandoned buildings
commercial buildings
mine structures
residential buildings
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designation California Citrus State Historic Park
surface form: California State Historic Park

National Historic Landmark
elevation about 2550 meters
about 8379 feet
foundedAsTown Bodie (ghost town)
surface form: Bodie
goldDiscoveryYear 1859
governingBody California Department of Parks and Recreation
hasMuseumExhibits yes
hasVisitorCenter yes
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark
knownFor harsh winters
representation of 19th-century mining town life
well-preserved ghost town structures
locatedEastOf Sierra Nevada
surface form: Sierra Nevada crest
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

Mono County, California
locatedInMountainRange Sierra Nevada
locatedNear Bridgeport, California
namedAfter W. S. Bodey
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationYear 1961
openToPublic yes
originalSettlementYear 1859
partOf California Department of Parks and Recreation
surface form: California State Parks system
populationPeak several thousand residents
preservationApproach buildings stabilized but not restored
preservationPolicy arrested decay
primaryEconomicActivity gold mining
silver mining
stateHistoricParkDesignationYear 1962
subjectOf Western ghost town photography
historic preservation studies
tourismType ghost town tourism
heritage tourism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mono County contains Bodie State Historic Park
eastern California contains Bodie State Historic Park
subject surface form: Eastern California
Mono County, California contains Bodie State Historic Park