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History · Jerome
Jerome’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Jerome yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Jerome’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Jerome’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jerome’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Jerome came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Jerome.
Read it all → Jerome was issued a post office in 1886. The post office was discontinued in 1943. Jerome was once a flourishing town with a hotel, a newspaper (the Smoky Hill Globe), several stores, and professionals. By 1910 its population has declined to 12.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade No old photos in the archives yet Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Famous people Famous people close to Jerome Nobody well known was born in Jerome itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Stories next door
History across the town line
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Jerome? → Who remembers Jerome in the 1950s? → A family story from old Jerome → Does anyone have photos of Jerome from the 1990s? →
From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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