February 18 - Haynes

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Just above present day Jerome sits a small ghost town, formerly called Haynes. The character pictured below told us some interesting information about old and modern Jerome.  He was an employee of the couple that owned the former Haynes.  According to him, the original city of Jerome was perched even further up the hill from modern-day Jerome.  After much of the city was constructed, it was discovered that they had built it upon one of the largest and purest copper deposits ever found. The old town of Jerome was reconstructed in it's entirety in a location a bit farther down the hill. Then, apparently, they tore out the old city to mine the copper, sliver and gold, and relocated the city businesses and residents to the newly built town.  The picture below shows parts of Haynes; at the top left corner, the terraced areas are all that remain of old Jerome and its copper vein.

Below are our two ghosts, peering in at some  junk and their weird photographer father.

This is a small schoolhouse (slightly bigger than ours) complete with dunce cap. 

On our way out of Haynes, someone had constructed "Jeromehenge" out of old radiators, and Doug could not resist.

February 19 - Indian Country