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The camp would hold a total of 13,997 Japanese Americans over the next three years, with a peak population of 10,767, making it the third-largest "town" in Wyoming before it closed on November 10, 1945.[3]

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The site of the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center is considered to retain the highest integrity of the ten incarceration centers constructed during World War II.

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was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted from the West Coast Exclusion Zone during World War II by executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

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To manage the movement and incarceration of such a large population, a new agency called the War Relocation Administration (WRA) was created. Ten sites for relocation centers were selected by April 1942.

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Much of the immigration to the United States from Japan began in 1884 when thousands of Japanese arrived in Hawaii to work the sugar cane fields.

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it held more than 10,000 people, making it the third largest town in the state.

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When the people first arrived, a barbed-wire fence to surround the camp was not yet complete. The internees protested the construction of this barrier and caused further work to be delayed. In November 1942, they submitted a petition containing 3,000 signatures to WRA Director Dillon- Meyer.

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The first internees arrived at Heart Mountain on Aug. 12, 1942. The facility consisted of 450 barracks, each containing six apartments.

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War II, people of Japanese descent from Oregon, Washington and California were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Park County, Wyo., as the result of an executive order of President Franklin Roosevelt. Residents were at the camp from Aug. 12, 1942 to Nov. 10, 1945, two months after the end of the war with Japan.

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While most settled along the West Coast, roughly 13,000 people of Japanese descent lived in the Intermountain West prior to World War II.

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The Heart Mountain Relocation Center was one of ten facilities constructed to confine 120,000 Japanese Americans removed mainly from West Coast states.

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The Legacy of Heart Mountain-Dachau Liberation

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The Legacy of Heart Mountain-Documentary

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http://www.HeartMountainFilm.com "The Legacy of Heart Mountain" is a documentary about the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Winner of three Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. Act One showcases The Hirahara Photo Collection. With over 2000 photos of camp life, it's one of the most extensive photo collections on Heart Mountain.