A Smith Premier Typewriter (Company, Syracuse, NY) on display at the Wheaton and Hollis Hotel, Bodie Museum and Visitors Center, one of fewer than 170 structures remaining in the ghost town of Bodie (less than 5% of the original buildings). Gold discovered here in 1859. Designated National Historic Landmark in 1961; 1962 it became Bodie State Historic Park. Bodie named California's official state gold rush ghost town. Historic District, California State Park. Mono County, CA.