JEROME, Arizona – In a few short years, Jerome went from a billion-dollar mining town to one of the nation’s biggest ghost towns. And then it reinvented itself again, as a tourist town and ...

Shaggy, disheveled and full of history, Gold King Mine and Ghost Town has the power ... Where: 1000 Jerome-Perkinsville Road, just outside of Jerome, AZ. Turn at the Jerome Fire Station and ...

Arizona's ghost towns have garnered attention from ... Of course, there are plenty more haunted locations in Jerome — the town didn't earn its reputation of being one of the most haunted places ...

Jerome, Arizona's liveliest ghost town, has turned the bust of its mining wealth into a boom of tourism income. Instead of extracting the copper, gold and silver of old, Jerome now exploits its ...

Arizona ghost towns tell the stories of the state ... In the 1920’s, the bustling mining town of Jerome peaked at a population of 15,000 which quickly dwindled after the depression hit.

By the 1950s, Jerome was a ghost town. The remaining residents ultimately saved the city, establishing the Jerome Historical Society. An influx of new locals – namely artists – came to town ...

Jerome was a mining town built on one of the richest copper deposits ever found. Side note: The star on the Arizona Flag is copper, not gold. This living ghost town (not so much anymore ...

Jerome, Arizona was a gold mining hot spot until ... last wave of copper miners and the former boomtown turned into a ghost town overnight. Now a popular tourist stop, the facades of the Jerome ...

It even has a rap as a ghost town, a reputation that’s drawn ... By the 1920s, a decade after Arizona became a state, Jerome had 15,000 people. Like most mining towns, Jerome — now with ...