Minidoka War Relocation Center

Minidoka National Historic Site is a national historic site that commemorates the Minidoka War Relocation Center of the Second World War. It is located in Jerome County, Idaho, in a remote high desert area north of the Snake River. The Minidoka War Relocation Center was in operation from 1942–45 and one of ten camps at which Japanese American, both citizens and resident aliens, were interned during World War II. Under provisions of President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 all persons of Japanese ancestry were excluded from the West Coast of the United States. Minidoka housed more than 9,000 Japanese American predominantly from Oregon, Washington and Alaska.