Silver City Ghost Town Museum...

Wanting to explore the road less traveled, and with Leslie's encouragement, we headed north on State Route 178.


Our only tourist stop was at Silver City Ghost Town Museum in the tiny hamlet of Bodfish.
Represented in this composite town are over twenty historic buildings from the mining camps of Keyesville, Whiskey Flat, old Isabella, Claraville, Hot Springs, Miracle, Southfork and other local frontier settlements. All the buildings and artifacts were moved here decades ago to prevent destruction. The entire property is in a state of arrested decay which made it all that more interesting.
I'll let the photos tell the story.














And this is where we called it a night- Lake Isabella.
In 1953, the U. S. Corps of Engineers built earthen dams across two forks of the Kern River to create the Isabella reservoir, Kern County's largest body of water year round with a surface area of 11,200 acres. 
Not a bad place to spend the night! Tomorrow, Mono Lake and more stories to share.

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1 comments:

Four Points Bulletin said...

Silver City Ghost Town looks amazing. When we had our trailer we were always looking for a place to stop around this area. But something a little closer to the highway. That being said, it doesn’t appear too far off the freeway. If we are in the area, we will definitely check it out!

October 23, 2020 at 7:38 AM

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