Jerome State Historic Park Review

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Jerome State Historic Park

Fodor's Review:

Of the three mining museums in town, the most inclusive is part of. Just outside town, signs on AZ 89A will direct you to the turnoff for the park, reached by a short, precipitous road. The museum occupies the 1917 mansion of Jerome's mining king, Dr. James "Rawhide Jimmy" Douglas Jr., who purchased Little Daisy Mine in 1912. You can see some of the tools and heavy equipment used to grind ore, but accounts of the town's wilder elements—such as the House of Joy brothel—are not so prominently displayed.

  • Cost: $3
  • Open: Daily 8-5
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