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In 1962 the sons of Jimmy Douglas donated the Douglas Mansion to the State of Arizona. The Jerome State Historic Park opened in 1965. It has continued to develop its exhibits and expand its collection of historic artifacts and archival material. The park's mission is to interpret the history of the Douglas family and the history of Jerome in ...
The Douglas Mansion was built in 1916 and is located in Little Daisy Street. [29] The Hotel Connor was built in 1898 and is located on the intersection of Main Street and Jerome Ave. [29] [31] Jennie's Place was a brothel built in 1898 and owned by Madam Belgiam Jennie. [29] [32] The Jerome City Hall built c. 1890 and located on Main Street. [29]
Their son, Lewis W. Douglas (1894–1974), also entered the mining business, went on to a successful political career as an Arizona Congressman from 1927 to 1933. He served as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1947–51). In 1939, Douglas retired to Quebec where he died of heart failure in 1949. [5] [6]
Little Daisy Hotel is a 12,398-square foot hotel [1] located on 3.45 acres of land in Jerome, Arizona.It is best known for having been originally built as lodging to serve miners working in the Little Daisy mine beginning in 1918 before being converted to a private residence.
His son, James S. Douglas Jr., or "Rawhide Jimmy" (1867–1949), managed the Phelps Dodge works at Nacazori before heading off on his own and building a major fortune with the United Verde Extension mine in Jerome, Arizona. His Jerome mansion is open to the public as the Jerome State Historic Park. Walter Douglas followed in his father's ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
On July 5, 1917, an IWW local in Jerome, Arizona, struck Phelps Dodge. Douglas ordered his mine superintendents to remove the miners from the town, in what became known as the Jerome Deportation. Mine supervisors, joined by 250 local businessmen and members of the IUMMSW, [10] began rounding up suspected IWW members at dawn on July 10.
A woman working for Wells Fargo in Arizona died at work and was found four days later, authorities have confirmed. Denise Prudhomme, 60, last clocked in at the Wells Fargo in Tempe at 7 a.m. on ...