Difference between revisions of "Bodie Game Timeline"

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On November 20, 1859, W. S. Bodey perished in a snow storm. He and his mining partner, “Black Taylor”, got caught in the severe storm and Bodey couldn’t make it back to their camp. Taylor continued on, so he could bring back supplies to his friend, but upon returning, couldn’t find him. It was several months later when Bodey’s remains were found.

This was just a few months after Bodey’s gold discovery that led to the great town of Bodie, CA.

April 24, 1861 – Mono County was founded. Mono County was founded on April 24, 1861, with the county seat at Bridgeport, CA.

Bodie is mentioned so the city must have been started. Story of the name Bodie-[[1]]

May 1, 1877 – Silas Smith opened his first store [[2]]
July 10, 1877 – Standard Mill begins production
September 2, 1877 – First fire bucket brigade
October 10, 1877 – The Mono County Bank was incorporated.
December 1, 1877 marked the first non-stop stagecoach trip from Carson City, NV to Bodie.
December 4, 1877 – The Standard Co. declares a dividend of $1 per share… and the Bodie boom begins!

February 2, 1878 – Beginning of stage service 3 times a day between Bodie & Aurora, and once daily to Bridgeport, 1878.
June 1, 1878 – Bodie Mining Co. makes a rich strike and stocks soar from .50 cents to $50 a share almost overnight.
June 28, 1878 – Construction on the Bodie Miners’ Union Hall was completed.
August 5, 1878 – Bodie’s first daily mail service is instituted.
August 17, 1878 – Harvey Boone arrives in Bodie. Boone Store.[[3]]

June 10, 1879 – The first load of Bodie ore weighs in at over 10,000 lbs. with “every piece showing gold.”

This would be a good goad to the PCs, wherever they are.  They could see a newspaper notice and that the gold rush is just starting.

September 6, 1879 – H.Z. Osborne & Co. printed the first “Daily Free Press” newspaper in Bodie.
October 1, 1879, Pat Reddy, attorney at law, becomes Bodie’s newest citizen.

January 24: The fire hydrant system in Bodie is completed.
May 1: The Tombstone Epitaph prints its first issue in Tombstone, Arizona. It remains the oldest continuously published newspaper in the state.
- The Tombstone Epitaph could have an article about Bodie that sends a gunfighter PC to Bodie.
May 11: A dispute over land titles between settlers of California's San Joaquin Valley and the Southern Pacific Railroad leaves seven people dead in what is later called the Mussel Slough Tragedy.
- Southern Pacific Railroad could have Agents hunting robbers or people who had been involved in attacking the railroad. PCs might be attacking the Railroad.
December 19: Tom O'Folliard, best friend of Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by members of Pat Garrett's posse in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Dec 23 :Charlie Bowdre, a member of Billy the Kid's gang, is shot and killed by members of Pat Garrett's posse at Stinking Springs, New Mexico.

February 19, 1881 the Bodie Railway and Lumber Company was organized.
June 6, 1881 – Newspapers report the town has become a resort, having no killings in the past week.
Oct 26, 1881 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place in the street behind a saloon in Tombstone, Arizona, pitting the Earps and Doc Holliday against Ike and Billy Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury, and Billy Claiborne. Billy Clanton and the McLaurys are killed, and Virgil and Morgan Earp, along with Holliday, are wounded.

May 9, 1882 – The “Bodie Evening Miner” newspaper is first printed by John J. Curry & Co. for Bodie, Mono County, California.
September 15, 1882 – The first gathering took place in the Methodist Church. www.Bodie.com/history/structures/methodist-church/

Jun 11–12 Following a ten-month manhunt, local train robbers John Sontag and Chris Evans are wounded during a shootout with a posse of lawmen on a ranch north of Visalia, California. Both outlaws are eventually captured, and Sontag dies of his wounds three weeks later.
- Sontag and Evens might spend time in Bodie. Bad Men. Train Robbers.

October 6, 1898 – The Standard Mill burns down. www.Bodie.com/history/structures/the-standard-mill/

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 *May 11: A dispute over land titles between settlers of California's San Joaquin Valley and the Southern Pacific Railroad leaves seven people dead in what is later called the Mussel Slough Tragedy.
 **''Southern Pacific Railroad could have Agents hunting robbers or people who had been involved in attacking the railroad.  PCs might be attacking the Railroad.''
-*December Tom O'Folliard, best friend of Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by members of Pat Garrett's posse in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
+*December 19: Tom O'Folliard, best friend of Billy the Kid, is shot and killed by members of Pat Garrett's posse in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
+*Dec 23 :Charlie Bowdre, a member of Billy the Kid's gang, is shot and killed by members of Pat Garrett's posse at Stinking Springs, New Mexico.
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