Minidoka Internment National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

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Welcome to Minidoka National Monument

The Pearl Harbor attack intensified hostility towards Japanese Americans. As wartime hysteria mounted, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 causing over 120,000 West Coast persons of Japanese ancestry (Nikkei) to leave their homes, jobs, and lives behind to move to one of ten Relocation Camps.

This constituted the single largest forced relocation in U.S. history. Minidoka is the story of one Camp.

Minidoka Display

Currently Minidoka Internment NM does not offer any visitor services at the Monument. Minidoka is being managed out of Hagerman Fossil Beds NM. There is a display located at the Visitor Center that includes historic and modern pictures, information, literature, and brochures.

Seeking Historical Barracks

The National Park Service is searching for surviving barracks from the Minidoka Internment Center, or Hunt Camp, for information and possible relocation and display at the Minidoka National Historic Site.

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Dedication of the flag pole at the Stafford Elementary School.

Learn More

Want to learn more about the internment experience? This story has so much to teach us and there are many sources available to visit.

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Write to

P.O. Box 570
Hagerman, ID 83332

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Phone

Visitor Center
(208) 837-4793 ext. 5227

Fax

(208) 837-4857

Climate

Spring: Avg. High 62, Avg. Low 34; frequently windy; occasional rain or snow.

Summer: Avg. High 87, Avg. Low 51; can be in excess of 100 degrees and windy.

Fall: Avg. High 65, Avg. Low 36; temperature changes quickly and can become very windy.

Winter: Avg. Hi 39, Avg. Low 21, can get below 0; frequently windy, occasional snow.
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