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Minidoka National Historic Site
Minidoka National Historic Site is a sightseeing stop in Jerome, ID. Cost: free. Visitor center open May through late September; grounds and trails open year-round.
1428 Hunt Rd · Jerome, ID
Why you should go…
Minidoka preserves part of the Minidoka War Relocation Center, which held 9,397 Japanese Americans at its peak and more than 13,000 in all between 1942 and 1945. The visitor center has museum exhibits, a park film narrated by George Takei and a small bookstore. Self-guided trails pass the remains of the entry guard station and rock garden, an original barrack returned to the site and the recreated Honor Roll. The grounds stay open year-round even when the visitor center is closed.
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- #world war ii history
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- #walking trail
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