Cover Page

Table of Contents

Abstract

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Essay

Brief History

Gila River

Granada

Heart Mountain

Jerome

Manzanar

Minidoka

Poston

Rohwer

Topaz

Tule Lake

Isolation Centers

Add'l Facilities

Assembly Centers

DoJ and US Army Facilities

Prisons

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites by J. Burton, M. Farrell, F. Lord, and R. Lord

Chapter 12 (continued)
Topaz Relocation Center

Interpretation

Figure 12.43. Detail of vandalized plaque.

At the relocation center itself there is a large historic monument and a gravel parking area in what was the northwest portion of the central area. The area is within the former surplus equipment yard, according to WRA blueprints, and is presently part of Mr. Williams's holdings. The monument is a large concrete and rock-veneer block set on a concrete platform (Figure 12.42). Informative interpretative plaques set in the monument contain text describing the history of the relocation center and some historical photographs. Unfortunately, the monument has been vandalized by gunfire, and bullet holes have defaced the photographs (Figures 12.43 and 12.44).

Several barracks that had been sold to homesteading veterans are still in the surrounding vicinity. Some have been extensively remodeled into houses; those that were used as barns retain greater design integrity, but they are generally very deteriorated. In the town of Delta, there is a monument with directions to the relocation center site (Figure 12.45). In addition, the Great Basin Museum in Delta has an extensive display of photographs, artifacts, and other items related to the relocation center, as well as one-third of a barracks from Topaz restored to its original condition (Figure 12.46). Additional relocation center displays are located in the barracks.

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