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GHOST TOWNS OF THE PAST: BODIE TO CALICO Table of Contents       Authors Introduction iii BODIE: CHAPTER 1 Gold Discovered on the Eastern Slopes of the Sierras 1 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Laws & Bishop Railroad Town 8 BODIE: CHAPTER 2 Freak Mining Accident and Bodie Grows into a Rough and Tumble Town 9 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Caliente and Walker Basin Stage Robbery 16 BODIE: CHAPTER 3 601 Party (this is one affair you didn't want an invitation) 17 Drawing of James S. Cain Home, (he used barges to float lumber across Mono Lake for the Bodie mines and later expanded into the wagon freighting business) 24 BODIE: CHAPTER 4 Indian Uprising in Owens River Valley 25 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Willow Springs Stage Station 34 BODIE: CHAPTER 5 Bandit Vasquez takes an interest in Cerro Gordo's Treasures 35 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Last Chance Canyon and Goler Gold 40 BODIE: CHAPTER 6 Bullion Mountain Troubles 41 Drawing (Loading ramp area at Cerro Gordo) 48 BODIE: CHAPTER 7 Twice Undiscovered Fortune 49 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Burro Schmidt Mine and Tunnel 56 BODIE: CHAPTER 8 Building a Colorful Town 57 Side Trips and Buggy Rides: Holcomb Valley and Doble Mine 66 BODIE: CHAPTER 9 Death by Act of Congress Drawing (front of the Maggie Mine) 72 Story of Holcomb Valley Gold 107 ORDER BOOKS