Sedona-Clarkdale-Jerome Field Trip
October 24, 1998

GGR574 (Rural Economic Geography - Jerome - Dr. Thomas Paradis)
GGR576 (Geography of Tourism & Recreation - Sedona - Dr. Alan A. Lew)
GGR 642 (Rural Spatial Patterns - Clarkdale - Dr. Thomas Paradis)

This field trip was conducted by graduate students from the three classes above.  Each class was responsible for leading presentations and discussion on one of the three communities visited, as indicated above.

Photos taken and posted by Dr. Alan A. Lew with his Sony PC-10 digital camcorder and Radius PhotoDV firewire.

SEDONA

A new age spiritual gathering at one of Sedona's vortex sites

So just where is this vortex, Joe?

Mariachis at Tlaquepaque, Sedona

Mariachi youth

NAU grad students claiming a corner at Tlaquepaque

Sedona Tourista Trolly

Clarkdale Town Hall - political center of a town that was built and once owned wholly by a copper company

An 'antique' full-service gas station -- notice the bell ringer tube running across the driveway.

"Fountian"? (are we in France?)

Old train mural being painted over

Mark gies some insights into upper Clarkdale - where the maining staff workers lived -- upwind from the copper smelter
 

Patio Park neighborhood - in lower Clarkdale, next to the old Copper Smelter

Evidence of the Hispanic origins of the Patio Park neighborhood

Typical street in Patio Park

Sign at baseball field in Patio Park

Sasha introduces Patio Park's next door neighbor - copper smelter (above) and mine tailings

The smelter's old 'Roundhouse' -- a garage for train engines

The Verde Valley Train departing with a load of tourists - with uptown Clarkdale on the hill in the distance

JEROME

Note: I accidentally erased all of the Jerome pictures before I could download them a a high resolution.  The following are a few that were downloaded before the erasure at a lower resolution.

Joanie give an introducation at the Jerome State Park
 
 

Open pit copper mine (midslope on left), a former hotel, now private residence (midslope on right) and a mine shaft at the State Park.

Cynthia presents further insights into Jerome's history.

There probably aren't many ghosts left who are willing to put up with the tourism explosion that Jerome has experienced in recent years.

Inside Judy's shop in Jerome

Tom Paradis may be addiing additional photos when he gets his film photos processed.