Near Arboga in Yuba County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Arboga Assembly Center

Photographed By Marysville Japanese American Citizens League, 2021

1. Arboga Assembly Center Marker

Inscription.
This is the site of Arboga, where 2,465 Japanese Americans forced from their homes in Placer and Sacramento counties were incarcerated from May 8 to June 29, 1942, by the United States Government. Four months prior, on February 19, 1942, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which unjustifiably ordered the removal of all persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Henceforth, may constitutional rights be unquestionably upheld in these United States of America.

Dedicated on February 27, 2010
California State Historical Landmark No. 934

Erected 2010 by California State Parks, Marysville Joint Unified School District, Yuba County Board of Supervisors, Friends for the Preservation of Yuba County History, National Park Service, Marysville Buddhist Church, Marysville chapter Japanese American Citizens League, and others. (Marker Number 934.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • Civil Rights • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the California Historical Landmarks series list. A significant historical date for this entry is February 19, 1942.

Location. 39° 2.863′ N, 121° 34.487′ W. Marker is near Arboga, California, in Yuba County

Paid Advertisement

Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.

Click or scan to see
this page online

. Memorial is on Broadway Street, 0.2 miles east of Feather River Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. Located 1 mile west of Arboga, 7 miles south of Marysville. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Olivehurst CA 95961, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Marysville Migrant Labor Campsite (approx. ¼ mile away); Hock Farm (approx. 2.2 miles away); Sutter's Hock Farm (approx. 3.1 miles away); Chinese Rock Wall (approx. 6.1 miles away); Bok Kai Temple (approx. 6.1 miles away); Davis Hotel (approx. 6.1 miles away); Lord Sholto Douglas (approx. 6.1 miles away); New Mecklenberg (approx. 6.1 miles away).

More about this marker. This is California Historical Landmark No. 934, one of twelve California Assembly Center markers with the same number. Arboga Assembly Center is also known as Marysville Assembly Center.

Regarding Arboga Assembly Center. California Historical Landmark statement of significance:
No. 934 Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Marysville Assembly Center.
The temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers') represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin

Photographed By Marysville Japanese American Citizens League, January 20, 2021

2. Arboga Assembly Center Marker

At the Arboga Assembly Center Memorial Site and Interpretive Center.

D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift detention facilities were constructed at various California racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. — Additional California Relocation Centers.

Additional keywords. Marysville Assembly Center

Arboga (aka Marysville) Assembly Center image. Click for full size.

courtesy US Army, 1942

3. Arboga (aka Marysville) Assembly Center

Credits. This page was last revised on February 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 1,395 times since then and 160 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 24, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.