MS 396 - Heart Mountain Relocation Center Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS 396

Staff Only

Abstract

The Heart Mountain Relocation Camp was active from August 1942 until November 1945, and housed over 10,000 Japanese Americans relocated from the Western Coast of the United States.

Dates

Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1997

Creator

Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Organization)

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Biographical or Historical Information

Heart Mountain Relocation Center (August 11, 1942 – November 10, 1945), named for the nearby Heart Mountain, the camp was used to incarcerate Japanese Americans removed from the Western Coast of the United States during World War II. The Heart Mountain Relocation Center site was managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The site consisted of 740 acres of land enclosed by high barbed wire fence, consisting of 650 buildings, 468 of which were residential dormitories.

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