Jerome was built in the late 19th century on Cleopatra Hill, overlooking the Verde Valley, more than 5,000 feet above sea level. Supported in its heyday by rich copper mines, it was home to more than 10,000 people in the 1920s. As of the 2010 census, its population was 444. Today it is an artist community.

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Looking up at the town of Jerome.

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From the main street in Jerome looking across the valley.

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In the 1930s a dynamite blast combined with general shifting caused parts of the town to crack or slide. One particularly powerful blast caused a whole block to slide to the next level, and the "sliding jail" came to a rest a block from its original location. Most of the buildings were dismantled but the jail was left where it landed.

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A street in Jerome.

When we finished our tour of Jerome we drove further up the mountain to over 7000 feet. Here we found snow.

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Where there's snow there's snow ball fights. Esther and I had Carol in our sights.

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We thought we'd drive up into one of the Recreation Areas and were stopped when we found this snow covered road.

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What is that? .... just some old pipes. Carol and I were checking out the mountain across the way.

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Looking down the mountain.