Jerome Memories
Dear Jeromians:
Stumbling across your website brought back some memories.
It was the Thanksgiving holiday in 1951, and I was a newly commissioned 2d Lieutenant, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. We had four whole days off, and were ordered to stay within 200 miles of Fort Bliss. New to this part of the country, a few friends and I drove to San Diego, LA, and Las Vegas. So much for the 200 miles. On our way back to Fort Bliss, we passed through Jerome and stayed overnight.
We checked in what was probably the only hotel in town. Rather unusual. We walked in at ground level. The lobby was down three flights of stairs and again we found ourselves at ground level. I signed in and discovered that there had been no guests for several weeks.
There were at least half a dozen or so bars but only one restaurant. Half-way through dinner, our waitress announced: "Please pay the cook. I'm going to the movies."
I settled in Newark, DE, where I had gone to school, but I'll never forget Jerome. Some day I hope to go back.
Ben Raphael
My name is Jerome, I am an African living in Africa and now on holiday in Minneapolis where I have just ended my stay. Please, let me know more about Jerome Arizona and how things started there. I am in the USA until Tuesday. Please, write back or call me at 626-393-8798.
Many thanks
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Good For You !
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do u know about the name ? i'm a jerome but have'nt been told much of family,(no contact @ this time) had relatives in flgstaff not seen sinec there in the 60's, i was born in '59, my father is neldon leon jerome, my grandpa-don't know his name except for jerome, overheard some good stories though !
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Visiting jerome is nothing like living there or working there. I have moved away from Jerome but i go at least twice a year to visit. When i visit i do so to see the majestic view of nature. Some of the people in Jerome have left a discouragement within me but i write this to say this happens everywhere in everytown. Jerome has cursing in the streets and people acting wild as if the town in some place of wonder " be free its Jerome!" I have to say to myself why is that? Is this not a town where miners worked hard to scrape a living? what made it so free to dance in the street with feathers and flowers and a care free no morals attitude? I visit Jerome and get disappointed when drunks are on street corners yelling and spitting, cussing and acting foul but i stay to keep to myself to see the view and enjoy the history of the town.
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