The Newspapers Predicted That Bodie Was The Next Comstock Lode
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Bodie’s biggest boom in popularity was between 1877 and 1880. During that time, the first newspaper The Standard Pioneer Journal of Mono County was published. Although the paper started as a weekly publication, it soon grew to thrice-weekly to keep up with all of the new information about the town.
Besides, the telegraph line had just come out which connected Bodie to other boomtowns such as Bridgeport and Genoa, Nevada. Both California and Nevada papers were making predictions that Bodie was going to become the next Comstock Lode. This assumption sent everyone into a frenzy, and people in the surrounding areas began packing up and heading to Bodie.
