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- Jerome First Saturday Art Walk rings in the New Year on January 3rd
Aurum Jewelry is filled with custom jewelry by owners Kurt and Sharon who will be on hand to discuss their creations.
- Katie Lee: The Goddess of Glen Canyon still going at age 89
There's a rumor in the historic copper mining boomtown of Jerome, Ariz., that river-runner, rabble-rouser and eco-activist Katie Lee celebrated her 80th birthday by riding naked on her mountain bike through ...
- November heat in Phoenix could hold spot in record book
A Mesa resident captured this dusty glow hovering above a Lowe's store. Thanksgiving is less than a week away.
- Tomorrow: Arizona Stronghold and Page Springs Cellars Wines at Quiessence
Dear Chow Bella readers, I hope you check out this week's cover story , where you'll get to read all about the great wines that Eric Glomski and Maynard James Keenan are making up in Jerome and Cornville with ...
- Jerome Art Walk begins the holiday season on Dec 6
Thirty galleries and studios will be welcoming visitors on December 6th from 5:00-8:00PM with beautiful art, music and refreshments.
- Maynard James Keenan Opens Retail Store
According to The Pulse of Radio, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan has opened a retail store named after his side project PUSCIFER in the town of Jerome, Arizona, where Keenan also makes his home.
- New book captures Jerome, AZ in pictures
Local author Midge Steuber releases new book and postcard set featuring Jerome area history JEROME, AZ - In its wild west heyday in the early 1900s, the tiny mile high town of Jerome was known as the wickedest ...
- Halloween weekend scares up a great Art Walk in Jerome
Thirty galleries and studios stage another night of fun in this magical, mile high town.
- 6 wine bars up north
So you're off to the high country. Maybe you're going for a change of scenery in Jerome or Sedona, a pine-filled weekend in Flagstaff or a reprieve in Prescott.
- County breaks ground
Verde Valley residents can look forward to a new Superior Court Building in Camp Verde.
- State parks move to keep, lure volunteers as economy worsens
Jack Edwards gives visitors to Red Rock State Park a handshake and hello along with a pamphlet on the park's history.
- Gabrielson has never stopped teaching others
Ernie Gabrielson's books can be purchased online at Borders Books or at Barnes and Noble .
- Ghosts of Gold King Mine
Jerome, AZ., a National Historic Landmark since 1976, a jewel and an absolute must if you are in the Cottonwood/Sedona area... 8 years after our last visit... The Spanish came here first, seeking gold but ...
- Artist R.V. Lovelace Creates Poster for Sedona Jazz On The Rocks
Sedona, AZ: R.V. Lovelace, a founding member of the Jerome Artists Cooperative Gallery well known for his use of vibrant color, rhythmic line and mysterious spiritual symbolism, has created the official 2008 ...
- Explore the Old West through Hollywood Westerns at Jerome State Historic Park February 29
Jerome State Historic Park will present "Outlaws, Shoot-Outs, and the Lonesome Trail: The Resurgence of the Hollywood Western" on Friday, February 29 at 3 p.m. In recent years Hollywood has marked a resurgence ...
- Man stabbed in arm at concert in Yavapai County
Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 21-year-old Cottonwood man on Saturday night for allegedly stabbing another person at a concert.
- Jerome Art Walk celebrates two years of first Saturday success on Sept 6
Chocolates for the evening will be an incredible assortment brought over from Hawaii, where gallery owner Michael Gamble has spent the summer manning their Big Island location.
- SFD buys new 9-1-1 system
In order to keep emergency response times down, the Sedona Fire District's regional dispatch center will get a new computer-aided dispatching system .
- Out'n' About: Ghost towning one way to explore Old West
A ghost town is a place that is a shadow of its past glory. This can include everything from accessible historical towns - like Jerome, Ariz., or Calico, Calif.
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City DescriptionJerome is a town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 343.
The area around what is now Jerome was mined for silver and copper since the Spanish colonial era when Arizona was part of New Spain.
A mining camp named Jerome was established on the side of Cleopatra Hill in 1883. It was named for Eugene Murray Jerome, a New York investor who owned the mineral rights and financed mining there. Eugene Jerome never visited his namesake town. Jerome was incorporated as a town on 8 March 1889. The town housed the workers in the nearby United Verde Mine, which was to produce over 1 billion dollars in copper, gold and silver over the next 70 years.
Jerome became a notorious "wild west" town, a hotbed of prostitution, gambling, and vice. On 5 February 1903, the New York Sun proclaimed Jerome to be "the wickedest town in the West".
In 1915 the population of Jerome was estimated at 2,500.
Starting in May 1917 there was a series of miners strikes, in part organized by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). On 10 July of that year armed agents of the mine owners roughly rounded up all the labor union organizers and ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:City Featured in Films:- Bless the Beasts and Children
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