Boomtown: Jerome, Ariz. (2012)
submitted by Tarryn Mento
on 03/08/15
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Founded upon the discovery of copper in the late 1800s, the town of Jerome quickly developed as the United Verde copper mine attracted laborers from all over. But when the mine shut down in 1953, a community once home to the first and second J.C. Penney's in Arizona dwindled to a population of approximately 50. How this was done: I filmed and edited this video for a multimedia project on copper while a graduate student at the Walter Cronkite School at ASU. I filmed this on a JVC and HandyCam in three different Arizona cities. All photos were taken by me. Historical photos provided by Jerome Historical Society.
