the 'Wicked Jerome' AZ of yesteryears
September 14th 2014 This is the first of a two-part series giving the background of Jerome, “the wickedest town in America” in its heyday a century ago. Thus it sets the stage for a subsequent one with photos from our 2011 visit showing how it has risen phoenix-like from the ashes of its unsavory past.
Founded in 1876 on the slope of Mingus Mountain, this mining camp soon became Arizona’s fourth largest settle
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