Jerome, Arizona

Last spring our family enjoyed a day in Jerome, Arizona.  Jerome is an old mining town on Cleopatra Hill in Northwestern Arizona.  Visiting Jerome takes you back to the rough and tumble mining days of Arizona. During its heyday it was known as the "Wickedest town in Arizona".  It is definitely worth planning a day trip to see.

Art and History mix for visitors to Jerome, Arizona

Situated along Cleopatra Hill, Jerome, Arizona, boasts the historic title of "The Wickedest Town in Arizona." Known as a lucrative copper, gold and silver mining town, it also boasted brothels, gambling, and wild saloons.

Located on Arizona Route 89A, Jerome is South of Clarkdale, West of Cottonwood, and stands at 5,435 feet in elevation.

History of Jerome, Arizona
Named after Eugene Jerome, a New York attorney who was one of the organizers of the United Verde Copper Company in 1882, smelters were first located in Jerome, but later were moved to Clarkdale where expansion could occur. The first Post Office was established on September 19, 1883, with Frederick Thomas named its first Postmaster. Oddly enough, Jerome never visited his namesake!


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Civil War Odyssey Leads to Shiloh, Tennessee

My husband and I took a cross-country vacation which took us on a U.S. Civil War odyssey. Our first historic stop was to Shiloh, Tennessee. We toured this pristine battlefield which gave us history buffs the opportunity to visualize how the confrontations took place 150 years ago. Here's some historical background on Shiloh:

Civil War Odyssey Leads to Shiloh Tennessee

The Battle at Pittsburg Landing

Union General Ulysses S. Grant concluded after the Battle at Shiloh on April 6 and 7, 1862, that the Union was in for a long and arduous Civil War. Likewise, Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard wired to his superiors in Richmond, "If defeated here we lose the Mississippi Valley, and probably our cause."

Since two important Southern railroads crossing through Corinth, Mississippi were at stake during the Civil War (the Memphis & Charleston, and the Mobile & Ohio), the railroad intersection made Corinth the most strategic transportation hub for the Western Confederacy.

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