Tag Archives: Heart Mountain Relocation Camp

The Buffalo Bill Dam – Discover the Story of Wyoming’s Tallest Dam

Posted on October 24, 2022 by ahcadmin

The Buffalo Bill Dam was designed by engineer Daniel Webster Cole and built between 1905 and 1910. It was one of the first projects undertaken by the U.S. Reclamation Service (later known as the Bureau of Reclamation). The dam sits … Continue reading →

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Heart Mountain through Pencil and Paper

Posted on August 9, 2021 by ahcadmin

It was 1942; Japan had just bombed Pearl Harbor, and the American people were worried about Japanese spies on American soil. Amid the tension of WWII following the bombing, the U.S. government believed that the best course of action to … Continue reading →

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Investigating Heart Mountain Relocation Camp with the Lester Hunt papers

Posted on January 10, 2014 by ahcadmin

The American Heritage Center has digitized about 220 documents regarding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center and a 1949 film titled “Wyoming and Its Natural Resources” from the Lester C. Hunt papers. Lester Calloway Hunt was the 19th governor of Wyoming … Continue reading →

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Documenting Heart Mountain: AHC Collections on Japanese American Incarceration

Posted on August 19, 2011 by ahcadmin

August 20, 2011, marked the grand opening of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, built on the site of the World War II era Heart Mountain Relocation Center. The internment camp was one of ten mandated by the War Department in … Continue reading →

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