Heart Mountain War Relocation Center

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Heart_Mountain_War_Relocation_Center
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Japanese American internment camp
gptkbp:area 740 acres
gptkbp:closed November 10, 1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Heart_Mountain_Interpretive_Center
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Heart Mountain War Relocation Center
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location gptkb:Park_County,_Wyoming
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Heart_Mountain
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Powell,_Wyoming
gptkb:Cody,_Wyoming
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Norman_Mineta
gptkb:Bill_Hosokawa
gptkb:Estelle_Ishigo
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 85002774
gptkbp:opened August 12, 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:War_Relocation_Authority
gptkbp:partOf Ten War Relocation Authority camps
gptkbp:populationPeak 10,767
gptkbp:purpose Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
gptkbp:significantEvent Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee draft resistance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heart_Mountain_High_School
gptkb:Heart_Mountain_Hospital
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6