Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial

Local nameHeart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial
LocationWyoming, United States

The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the towns of Cody and Powell in northwest Wyoming, was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted from the West Coast Exclusion Zone during World War II by executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, upon the recommendation of Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt.

This site was managed before the war by the federal Bureau of Reclamation for a major irrigation project. Construction of the 650 military-style barracks and surrounding guard towers began in June 1942, and the camp opened on August 11, when the first Japanese Americans arrived by train from the Pomona, Santa Anita, and Portland assembly centers.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_Mountain_Relocation_Center

Official website http://heartmountain.org/

Phone +1 307 250 5542

Address (Unnamed Road), 82435, United States

Coordinates 44°40'13.259" N -108°56'58.217" E

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