Business was good up until the late thirties when the mill and the town was shut down In 1962 the mill burned. It was named for nearby Bodie Mine eventually but to start with it was called Toroda and is still referred to today as the Second Toroda by the locals in the area. A post office was established in May of 1898 as Toroda. Then almost a year later in January of 1899 it was renamed Bodie. The Postoffice was re-established again in 1906 but was finally closed in 1911.
Today there are still old buildings on both sides of the road.
Submitted by Maggie Rail.