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Minidoka National Historic Site, Jerome, ID

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Minidoka National Historic Site

Walk self-guided trails past an original barrack, the entry guard station and the Honor Roll at a WWII Japanese American incarceration site.

1428 Hunt Rd · Jerome, ID

About Minidoka National Historic Site

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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