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California Historical Landmarks in Mono County
 
 
 
California Landmark 341
Bodie
Highway 270
Bodie State Historic Park
 
Highway 395 Near Bodie in Mono County, California
Highway 395 Near the Ghost Town of Bodie
10 October 2007
 
Bodie Commemorative Plaques
Bodie Commemorative Plaques - National, State and Local
10 October 2007
 
Bodie Commemorative Plaque
10 October 2007
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Bodie

Gold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than 100 million dollars. Tough as nails, "the Bad Man From Bodie" still carries his guns and Bowie knife down through the pages of western history.

California Registered Historical Landmark No. 341

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Mono County Department of Parks and Recreation and the Mono County Historical Society
September 12, 1964

Governor Schwarzenegger Terminating California State Parks

For the second time in as many years, Governor Schwarzenegger has threatened to close California State Parks to achieve an annual savings of $150 million.

That sounds like a lot of money, but consider that Wells Fargo, a California bank, received 25 billion taxpayer dollars to rescue it from bad business practices. $25 billion would fund California State Parks for over a hundred and fifty years at the current level of $150 million annually. Factor in inflation, round off, and call it a century.

The people of California dodged the first bullet, but even if we dodge the second, we must find a way to protect our parks from our politicians.

Please visit the California State Parks Foundation website to learn how you can help and contact Governor Schwarzenegger to express your concerns and solutions.

Among the State Parks that Governor Schwarzenegger wants locked down after Labor Day, 2009:

 
Updated 18 June 2009
 
 
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