Hunt in Jerome County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)
Minidoka Relocation Center
August 16, 1942 to October 26, 1945
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
1. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Left side of marker
You are standing at the entrance area of the Minidoka Relocation Center, one of ten American concentration camps established in World War II to incarcerate the 110,000 Americans of Japanese decent in coastal regions off our Pacific states.
Here 10,000 Japanese American victims of war-time hysteria occupied a 950-acre camp, living a bleak, humiliating life in tarpaper barracks, behind barbed wire and under armed guard.
May these camps serve to remind us what can happen when other factors supersede the constitutional rights guaranteed to all citizens and aliens living in this country.
In front of you stands the waiting room, which was often filled with visitors anxious to see and give support to friends and family restricted to life within the camp. To your left stand the guard house where all movement in and out of the Relocation Center was monitored.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Asian Americans • War, World II.
Location. 42° 40.674′ N, 114° 15.066′ W.
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Regionally, this marker is in Idaho’s Magic Valley. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Soothing Waters (here, next to this marker); On Guard (a few steps from this marker); Garden Under Guard (a few steps from this marker); Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); A Question of Loyalty (within shouting distance of this marker); Symbols of Imprisonment (within shouting distance of this marker); Running a Camp (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Censored Mail (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hunt.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
2. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Right side of marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
3. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
4. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
5. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 26, 2009
6. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2009
7. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photos from the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitor Center
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2009
8. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2009
9. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2009
10. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2009
11. Minidoka Relocation Center Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 933 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 2, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. submitted on February 3, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
