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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8H_the-childs-irving-project-hydroelectric-project_Jerome-AZ.html
In 1900 rancher Lew Turner filed a claim for the waters of Fossil Creek; a year later, he filed a claim to the spring and headwaters that fed it. Among the possible uses he listed was the production of electric power. With a constant flow of over …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B63_the-irving-turbine-and-generator_Jerome-AZ.html
In 1941, with the new United Verde Smelter in Clarkdale coming on line, the demand for power in Yavapai County was more than the Childs generating station, built in 1909, could handle. The Arizona Power Company (TAPCO) and the United Verde Copper …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4J_the-childs-irving-project-construction-challenges_Jerome-AZ.html
Fossil Creek and its springs provided an ideal power source for a hydroelectric power plant. The springs gushed a constant water flow of over one million gallons an hour, and the terrain of the creek allowed for a drop of 160 feet in the less than…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM222D_jerome-arizona_Jerome-AZ.html
Jerome is perched on the side of Cleapatra Hill over rich ore deposits. In 1876, mining claims and a mill were located near the town. These claims were purchased in 1882 by the United Verde Company, and the tent camp was named Jerome after Eugene …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221D_the-audrey-shaft-and-uvx-operations_Jerome-AZ.html
State-of-the-art Audrey shaft and headframe was the largest facility of its kind built by the United Verde Extension (UVX) Company during its years of operation. The shaft was constructed in 1918 only after the location of an extraordinarily rich …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221C_historic-audrey-shaft-headframe_Jerome-AZ.html
Largest wooden headframe still standing in Arizona, it was completed in 1918 to haul ore up from mine. Shaft is 1900 feet deep, concrete lined with cross tunnels every 100 feet to Edith shaft. Edith shaft headframe was completed in 1915 to haul me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D63_jeromes-famous-sliding-jail_Jerome-AZ.html
Back in 1905, the town jail was in the basement of what was then the Tony Kauzlarich House below the Dicus and Wagner Garage. Louis St. James was the magistrate and conservator of the peace.
What is believed to be Jerome's 3rd jail was located …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5E_the-gibson-market_Jerome-AZ.html
The Gibson Market was originally built as a grocery store with an above apartment in 1917 by James and Ethel Hamilton. After Ethel's husband died in the flu epidemic of 1918, she was the sole proprietor until 1929. In 1919, Ethel married Myron L. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5D_main-street-primary-school_Jerome-AZ.html
You are standing at the second story entrance to what once was a three story primary school. The land was purchased, a bond was passed and construction began in 1913. It opened May 29, 1914 to graduate 3 seniors: Francis Lyons, Gertrude Rothermel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM5C_sullivan-apartments_Jerome-AZ.html
Built in 1917, the first floor of this four-story apartment, housed the Independent Meat Company. A passage was built from the cooler of the meat company up to the apartments to allow cool air to pass into them. Originally there were nine apartmen…