Talk:Bodie, California
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--mav 07:24, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)
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Why not give reasons as to why the town became a ghost town? Im sure any readers are wondering this
Or the year? Saccerzd 19:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bodey, Body, Bodie or Bode
I understood that the founder was a German named Waterman (Wasserman?) Bode, pronounced bow-duh. If he was, the named was anglicized quickly to other spellings, as above, since most people would call him Bodey or something like that. I did hear the story that the town was named by an errant signmaker "Bodie", which spelling stuck to the city's name. Mr. Bode probably also assumed the English name William (was he a Wilhelm?) This story is derived from a book written on the history of Bodie, not a bunch of copy cat web sites. Magi Media 03:09, 17 August 2006 (UTC)Magi Media
