JEROME STATE HISTORIC PARK | Diving into the Depth of the History of Jerome, AZ
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Jerome, Arizona has a lengthy and rich history. For visitors wanting to learn a bit of the town's past, there's no better place to start off than the Jerome State Historic Park. Today we dropped by to explore what this old mansion could teach us.
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Jerome, Arizona has a lengthy and rich history. For visitors wanting to learn a bit of the town's past, there's no better place to start off than the Jerome State Historic Park. Today we dropped by to explore what this old mansion could teach us. We saw some old mining equipment and paraphernalia, read about the Douglas family, caught a movie about the history of Jerome, viewed several dioramas detailing the layout of the mines underground as well as pieces of mined minerals and ore. Finally, we went to the Audrey Headframe Park where we gazed down into the remains of a 1900 ft mining shaft.
Jerome State Historic Park opened to the public in October 1965. Prior to becoming Arizona's fifth state park, it was a mansion that belonged to the Douglas family - a family with a long history of mining. Built in 1916, the mansion served as a home for the family as well as housing important mining officials and investors. Several rooms in the old mansion remain untouched and preserved as they once did.
It is easy to spend hours pouring over all the details inside the present-day mansion. The building is packed with old panoramic photos of Jerome and the Douglas family. Photos of Jerome firefighters through the years adorn hallways as well as uniforms once worn. Vintage glass bottles stand in a case near a 1950s carbonator from a nearby hotel's soda fountain. From dentist equipment to mailroom and assay office artifacts, one will have plenty to take in.
Outside of the mansion, one can take in sweeping views of the Jerome hillside, otherwise known as Cleopatra Hill. To the north one can see the red landscape of Sedona, the San Francisco Peaks, and Humprey's Peak. Incredible views are not in short supply at the museum's grounds.
Surrounding the mansion stands rusty ore cards and other displays detailing mining operations as well as pointing out other buildings in the hillsides along with their history. From the grounds, one can get a good look at the nearby mine shafts.
Numerous mining shafts were constructed in search of rich copper deposits. The Daisy shaft was first constructed, followed by the Edith and finally the Audrey. The trio was considered one of the safest and produced millions of tons of copper, silver, and gold ore.
The museum is a great learning experience. We felt like we could have easily spent a day here reading every little bit of information and looking at all the photographs. For anyone passing through, expect to spend a couple hours. The park is a great opportunity to truly get a glimpse into what life through the ages of this small mining town was like.
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Thanks for this, Glen. I was there last week due to this video! I was there when the guy was unlocking the gate for the Audrey Shaft. He told me that the shaft is now filled with about 1,000' of water. That now gives you something soft to fall into after 900' when the glass breaks!!! ;)
😂 I suppose there is that. Still not a place I'd like to fall. That's awesome that you visited! I hope you enjoyed your time there. 😊
Just love your videos makes me want to fly to Arizona and visit all the places you shown us .I live in London so would have to stay a few months 😃so I'm saving all the pennies but in the meantime I'll keep watching your videos love em thanks your a star 🤩
Thanks so much! So happy we can entertain you with our videos! Arizona will be here waiting when you can make the trip. 😊
look up the Hopewell tunnel. Clark had it built to run ore from his mine in Jerome to his processing works in Clarkdale. It also ran miners back and forth. FMI uses it for "drainage".
Will definitely look into it. Thanks for the tip! 😄👍
You did amazing job of teaching and showing off jermone History and making it interesting 👍
Thanks so much! We are hoping to head back one of these days to share more about the town and history. In the works! 😄
With so much hollowed out underneath the town, it’s a wonder it hasn’t been affected by cave-ins. That three-d model of the town and what’s beneath is mind blowing.
When you see that model of the tunnels, it does make one wonder that, doesn't it? There are an example or two of the effects of the tunnels had on things above ground. Hopefully one day we will have time to get back to Jerome and share more of the town. 😊
@@CactusAtlas That would be great, looks like there is a lot more to see.
Thanks for the tour of Jerome AZ. I've been wanting to go
If you find yourself in this region, you absolutely should. Tons of history and cool buildings.
Oh...how funny and ironic...I just visited there last weekend for my b-day and I was going through my photos and watching your videos...just as I was getting to the ones for Jerome (on our way to the Verde Railroad) this video was next on the list...lol...perfect timing!
This looks like a cool place to visit while also learning some interesting history about it too! Cool video brother!
Jerome and this museum are definitely cool. Glad you enjoyed it!
Such a neat Informative video. Loved the rocks and all their beautiful colors. All in all Jerome looks like a dream visit for an engineer. by the way model railroading is an expensive hobby but that was a awesome setup that you showed. Ex was into them.
Thanks! Yeah, Jerome is definitely a great place to visit and one we enjoy. I can see how an engineer would enjoy it.
I’m learning this in school
Very cool! 😄👍
Jerome is a great little town! So much to do and see. Was that a little dig by Amy telling you to start working out :P
Oh I’m sure it was, and she’d be right!
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This is cool me and mom is going to Jerome this week with my friend I still wanna learn about az cause we lived here before and wanna get to know about my state I watched a CNN about Jerome and they said it's haunted at night if you stay there and that kinda scared me.
I didn't know CNN ever talked about Jerome! Interesting! I'll have to look that up and watch. Yeah, Jerome is said to be quite haunted and there's a lot of ghost tours one can take. We actually went on one a couple years ago but never experienced any paranormal activity and later found out that some of the stories we were told are questionable in their validity. I don't think Jerome is anything to be afraid of. It's quite an interesting town really! 😊
How long to hit bottom of the Audrey shaft, you ask? Things fall at 90'/second according to simple physics, so do the math! ;)
Is this state historic park haunted by any chance?
Not entirely sure, sadly.