Jerome
Another article published in the Arizona Republic in 1936 covered the town of Jerome. It was founded in 1876 and incorporated in 1908 and was named for Eugene Jerome, the first secretary of the United Verde Copper Company. Eugene Jerome was also responsible for financing the project of the copper mine and had agreed to provide the financing on condition the town bear his name. The mining was only successful for about forty years and its success ended when a “dynamite blast of the Black Pit…caused the town to begin sliding down the hill.” Since that event the town survives mainly on tourism.
Article: "Mining Town Is Hospitable," Arizona Republic (Phoenix), November 22, 1936, sec. 8.7.
Additional Citation: Byrd H. Granger, Arizona's Names: X Marks the Place (Tucson, AZ: Falconer Pub., 1983).330.
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