We took a day last week to visit the town of Jerome. In it's heyday as a major copper mining area, Jerome was once the 4th largest city in Arizona and was sometimes known as the wickedest city in Arizona. After the copper mine shut down in 1953, it almost became a complete ghost town, but is now a small community just outside of Cottonwood. Most of the buildings are the original ones built back in the late 1800s. The town is built on the side of
Cleopatra Hill which has about a thirty percent incline, making for steep streets and precariously perched buildings. But it also makes for beautiful views of the valley below.
We took a day last week to visit the town of Jerome. In it's heyday as a major copper mining area, Jerome was once the 4th largest city in Arizona and was sometimes known as the wickedest city in Arizona. After the copper mine shut down in 1953, it almost became a complete ghost town, but is now a small community just outside of Cottonwood. Most of the buildings are the original ones built back in the late 1800s. The town is built on the side of
Cleopatra Hill which has about a thirty percent incline, making for steep streets and precariously perched buildings. But it also makes for beautiful views of the valley below. 
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