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  1. www.nps.gov › miin › indexMinidoka National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

    Apr 30, 2024 · Although little remains of the barbed-wire fences and tar-papered barracks, the Minidoka concentration camp once held over 13,000 Japanese Americans in the Idaho desert. Minidoka preserves their legacy and teaches the importance of civil liberties.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Minidoka_National_HistoricMinidoka National Historic Site - Wikipedia

    Located in the Magic Valley of south central Idaho in Hunt, of Jerome County the site is in the Snake River Plain, a remote high desert area north east of the Snake River. It is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Twin Falls and just north west of Eden, in an area known as Hunt.

  4. www.uidaho.edu › class › anthrolabKooskia, Idaho, World War II Japanese Internment Camp

    The Kooskia (pronounced KOOS-key) Internment Camp is an obscure and virtually forgotten World War II detention facility that was located in a remote area of north central Idaho, 30 miles from the town of Kooskia, and 6 miles east of the hamlet of Lowell, at Canyon Creek.

  5. www.britannica.com › place › Minidoka-InternmentMinidoka Internment National Monument | Map, History, & Facts

    Minidoka Internment National Monument, site of a World War II internment camp for Japanese Americans, southern Idaho, U.S., about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of Twin Falls. It was designated in 2001 and covers 73 acres (30 hectares). barracks at the Minidoka Relocation Center.

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  6. encyclopedia.densho.org › MinidokaMinidoka | Densho Encyclopedia - Densho: Japanese American ...

    Located in south-central Idaho, the euphemistically named Minidoka Relocation Center held a largely urban population consisting in large part of Japanese Americans from Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, as well as elsewhere in Oregon. It also housed a small population from Alaska.

  7. www.intermountainhistories.org › items › showJapanese American Internment in the Minidoka Camp ...

    One such camp was created in the middle of Idaho. Named the Minidoka Relocation Center, this camp housed approximately 10,000 people throughout the course of the war. It cost over $5 million to construct.

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  9. eacc.janm.org › camp › minidokaMinidoka - Exploring America's Concentration Camps - Japanese ...

    Minidoka - Exploring America's Concentration Camps - Japanese American National Museum. Location: Hunt, Idaho. Peak population: 9,397. Date opened: August 10, 1942. Date closed: October 28, 1945. Minidoka held people from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska.

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