One Year on the Road

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Jerome Photos

Jennifer Meyer May 4, 2015 Photos 1 Comment

Day trip to a fun historical mining town on a mountainside.

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We got this less than desirable site when we pulled in at 10:00.

The next morning, we moved to this site with a nice shade tree.

Verde Valley Thousand Trails RV Resort.

View from the road near our campground.

Grand Canyon tease in the distance.

In some ways, it reminded us of a European mountain village.

It's a historic mining town perched high on a mountainside.

Now it's a very cute tourist town.

Since we had Bailey and it was very hot, we didn't go into the museum.

But it was pure Western.

Resting on shady steps.

Some went for thousands of dollars, and all were impressive.

The Nellie Bly store was filled with kalaidoscopes.

Although much of the town has been restored...

Old blast furnace used in the original copper mine.

This fun store was closed that day.

Now there's a fun backyard fountain!

But you could see many treasures in the yard below.

Much of it is still in ruins.

The town was built in the late 1800's around a copper mine.

The old jail slid down the mountainside and rested by this tree.

With great views of the outside of the Grand Canyon in the distance.

This tin type was posted on the fence.

Along with a love letter. No further explanation.

The doors and windows of this place were boarded with copper sheets.

A glass blower at work.

An old movie projector.

The hotel was built in 1898.

We liked the old teardrop in the parking lot.

Some pretty interesting models.

Lots of trucks.

And dozens of junk cars.

For example, all the old dental equipment was in this shed.

The "ghost town" was lots of property and out buildings.

Gas station things were in another shed.

He bought up this old saw mill...

...And used it to build all the other structures.

Fuel samples?

Motor oil...

Don bought the property 38 years ago.

He had been "kicked out" of Lake Havasu because he had too much junk.

He moved his stuff to this new property by the quarry.

But an organized junkyard.

It was pretty much a junk yard.

With all this space and no neighbors...

An early model golf cart?

Nice patina on this hood.

Looks about the same year as my Chevy truck.

He was able to collect as much as he wanted.

A few vehicles, such as this tow truck, had been nicely rennovated.

A collection of madrone branches?

Including this barn.

Bailey got to meet a goat.

The owner, Don, spoke to us just a few minutes.

So collect he did.

One barn held more precious vehicles.

A very old Dodge and a Studebaker.

I'd never seen this Star of David symbol for Dodge.

Hot rod racer.

Aluminum tricycle from before WWII.

Our family had an old pedal tractor like this.

This has to be one of the first gas-powered tractors.

And a donkey...

This old semi is Don's pride and joy and what he uses to haul trailers of junk to his property.

At the time, this old "Bordello" was the only standing structure.

The stickshift is a revolver.

But his employee, Tim, was more than happy to show us around and give us some history.

...named Pedro.

And what's this? A steam roller?

We weren't sure what to make of this tourist trap.

I test the feel of an all-metal ax.

The first RV?

After a very interesting afternoon exploration, we headed back to the campsite.

A camper neighbor suggested we visit nearby Jerome.

On the edge of town, this sign promised further interest.

The old jail slid down the mountainside and rested by this tree.

With all this space and no neighbors...

We got this less than desirable site when we pulled in at 10:00.

In some ways, it reminded us of a European mountain village.

Resting on shady steps.

One thought on “Jerome Photos”

Susan May 4, 2015 at 8:14 am

What an interesting town, and the old cars are such rich photography subjects. I had heard of Jerome – my parents visited it years ago, but your photos give a very rich accounting of the place

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