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Bodie: A City of Abandoned Dreams

During the Gold Rush, William S. Bodie, who founded the ghost town we know today as Bodie.

Aired 02/04/2019 | Rating NR

Lost LA

Bodie: A City of Abandoned Dreams

Clip: Season 3 Episode 4 | 7m 4sVideo has Closed Captions

During the Gold Rush, William S. Bodie, who founded the ghost town we know today as Bodie.

The Gold Rush was founded on a promise of prosperity, but too often left only ruins behind. Such was the case for William S. Bodie, who founded the ghost town we know today as Bodie. Though Bodie himself never lived to see its prosperity, several of its structures from its heyday still stand as a monument to the power of dreams and the hope for a better future.

Aired 02/04/2019 | Rating NR

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