A WORLD OF CURIOUS MINDS
Frozen in Time
Bodie is kept in 'arrested decay': buildings are repaired but never made new.
Source: California State Parks: Bodie SHP brochure
Adventure 9 · With Cio
Bodie Ghost Town
Cio's Amazing Fact
Bodie is kept in 'arrested decay': buildings are repaired but never made new.
Can you spot…
- a broken wagon
- a church
- a tumbleweed
Look for them in the picture, then try the online activities below.
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From the Amazing Facts page
Amazing Facts
The Bodie Curse
Legend says taking anything from Bodie, even a pebble, brings bad luck!
Source: KQED: Why are people convinced this California ghost town is cursed?
Still Inside
Some shops still have old goods on their shelves.
Source: California State Parks: Bodie SHP brochure
A Miner’s Name
Bodie is named after W. S. Bodey, who found gold there in 1859.
Source: The Clio: Bodie
High and Cold
Bodie is more than 8,000 feet up, where winters are freezing and snowy.
Source: California State Parks: Bodie SHP brochure (8,375 feet)
Town on Fire
A fire in 1932 burned most of the town. Only about one tenth is left.
Source: California State Parks: Bodie SHP brochure
The Stamp Mill
The big Standard Mill processed rock from the mine to get the gold out.
Source: Bodie.com: The Standard Mill
Busy Bodie
About 8,500 people lived in Bodie in 1879.
Source: California State Parks: Bodie SHP brochure
Online activities
Do this adventure online
Unlock the California activities
Enter the code printed on the inside front cover of your book, or scan the unlock QR code there with a phone camera. You only need to do this once on each device.
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Color it in
To doColors
Can you spot?
To doFind each one in the picture and tick it off.
Fact match
To doWhich Amazing Fact is this?
Word puzzle
To doTap the letters in the right order. It's something you can spot in the picture!
Answers for grown-ups
- Bodie is kept in 'arrested decay': buildings are repaired but never made new.
- Frozen in Time
- Legend says taking anything from Bodie, even a pebble, brings bad luck!
- The Bodie Curse
- Some shops still have old goods on their shelves.
- Still Inside
- Unscramble: AOWNG
- WAGON
This is the QR code printed on the Adventure 9 coloring page.