A picture of the jail's exterior.
The Stuart Kirkwood Livery Stable and blacksmith shop. From 1879 to 1880, the population of Bodie soared to about ten thousand inhabitants. To feed, clothe and otherwise supply this active, hardworking population required many wagons and literally hundreds of horses, mules and other draft animals to haul in tons of goods daily.
This is the site of the Bodie Bank, which James S. Cain bought from E.L. Benedict in 1890. The bank escaped the fire of 1892 but was destroyed in the fire of 1932. All that you see here are the remains of the vault. It was robbed on September 1, 1916 by four men who got away with $4000 in money and jewelry. The brick walls surrounding the vault are several feet thick.