https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw By: Jarod Ludwig, Maxson Grove en-us 2018-02-13 16:45:07 UTC 2025-11-23 01:11:06 UTC hello@padlet.com groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231139926 Topaz is located in Millard County, Utah]]> 2018-02-13 16:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231139926 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231142646 The climate was an arid desert, temps ranging between 100 degrees in the summer and below 0 degrees in the winter]]> 2018-02-13 16:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231142646 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231144162 The camp opened in September, 1942]]> 2018-02-13 16:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231144162 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231144600 over 11,000 Japanese  were incarcerated, the average population at a time was over 8,000]]> 2018-02-13 16:55:53 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231144600 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231145574  The camp had 1 square mile central area of 42 blocks with 12 barracks in each block, containing between 250 and 300 Japanese Americans]]> 2018-02-13 16:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231145574 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231145842 schools were built and so were hospitals, so most students there continued their education. there was a lot of people cramped into one small area, so when it was time to eat, the Japanese Americans were cramped. The camp was typically quiet, and the internees helped build some of the buildings.]]> 2018-02-13 16:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231145842 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146032 over 131 internees, mainly the elderly, died in the camp.]]> 2018-02-13 16:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146032 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146120 "Of the 10 relocation centers, Topaz was considered a "quieter" center." (nps.gov)]]> 2018-02-13 16:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146120 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146255 https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/Asian_American_and_Pacific_Islander_Heritage/central-utah-relocation-center-topaz-site.htm

http://www.topazmuseum.org/facts

http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54833918&itype=CMSID]]> 2018-02-13 16:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231146255 groveml https://padlet.com/groveml/t4td09k44iiw/wish/231150559 Each barrack had simple furnishings like army cots, pot-bellied stoves, mattress covers, and, blankets.The barracks were made up of pine planks covered with tar-paper, there was sheetrock on the inside part walls for insulation. 

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