• View through the barbed wire from inside the camp looking east.

    Minidoka

    National Historic Site ID,WA

Things To Do

Walk through the remains of the entry station, waiting room, and rock garden.

Read the names on the plaques. Try to imagine what it must have been like

to be brought to this remote area. Look around and compare what you

see to your own more comfortable surroundings.

View of Minidoka

Did You Know?

View of the historical entrance area

Between August and September 1942, 7150 Camp Harmony internees were placed on trains and sent to Minidoka.  In September, 1,927 internees from the Portland Assembly Center  arrived at Minidoka.