| Page Views: 158 Last Visit to Bodfish: 2009 | Silver City Ghost Town by Yaqui - last update: May 25, 2009 |
Where the west lives in our children!! | A new sheriff is in town....get them Sheriff Nate |
Around 1850's George H. Bodfish like so many others looking for yellow gold settled in the Kern River area. With some success he was able to purchase and set up a gold stamp mill, but like many the stamp mill caught fire. He decided to move on and resettled in the neighboring canyon that now carries his name, Bodfish Canyon. |
| Sheriff Nate is gunning for the bad guys:) |
|  | Silver City Ghost Town From the marker out in front:
In 1855 gold was discovered in the Kern Valley Miners flocked here from throughout the world to get in on what was believed to be Californias second great gold rush. Towns sprung up in the area but many were abandoned within a few years when the gold ran out in the 1970's the Dave Mills family saved historical structures from the deteriorating mining camps and moved them to this site (behind the structures you see here). Around 1973 the Mills closed the ghost town. The J.Paul Corlew family purchased the property in 1988 and began the long task of restoration and preservation work that would dominate their lives for decades. The Corlew's reopened Silver City in 1992 on site are over twenty buildings from mining camps with names like Keyesville, Wiskey Flats, Claraville, and Miracle. Preserve here in a state of "arrested decay". It is now operated as a nationally know museum and film location. |
The information gathered for this page was provided by Silver City located at each of the entrances ~ Thank you:)
Open daily 7 days per week 10 AM to 4 PM
Except Nov. 1st to April 1st when the site is open weekends only (or anytime by appointment) | | |
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| Pros: | "Wonderful historical building gives a glimpse to our past~" | | Cons: | "Old, dusty, and be careful of critters:)" | | In A Nutshell: | "A must if your in this area:)" |
Yaqui's Bodfish Travel Tips
| Overview | Things to Do
Tips: 14 - Photos: 35 | | | | Restaurants | Hotels & Accommodations | | | | Nightlife | Off The Beaten Path | | | | Tourist Traps | Warnings Or Dangers
Tips: 1 - Photos: 2 | | | | Transportation | Local Customs | | | | Packing Lists | Shopping
Tips: 1 - Photos: 3 | | | | Sports Travel | General Tips |
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LoriPori Fri Oct 16, 2009 00:28 UTC
Very enjoyable page. Love all those old buildings, like the old post office and the old hotel. Great stuff! | hopang Wed Oct 14, 2009 18:43 UTC
Interesting Bodfish travel page with lovely photographs and excellent travel tips especially on those wonderful historical buildings. Thanks for the virtual tour. ~ho & pang | ncfg Sat Jun 13, 2009 21:13 UTC
Very nice page! It remember me the cowboys films i used to watch on TV. :-) | Kuznetsov_Sergey Thu Jun 11, 2009 21:08 UTC
Interesting page about Silver City Ghost Town. There are a lot of such towns and villages all around Russia but people still live there... |
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