Kooskia Internment Camp
during World War II
The Kooskia Internment Camp is a former internment camp in the northwest United States, located in north central Idaho, about 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Kooskia (pronounced Template:USdict) in northern Idaho County. It operated during the final two years of World War II.[1][2]
Originally a remote highway work camp (F-38) of the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933,[3][4][5][6] it became Federal Prison Camp No. 11 in 1935, run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.[7][8][4][9][10] It was converted in 1943 to house interned Japanese men, most of whom were longtime U.S. residents, but not citizens, branded "enemy aliens."[1][11] So remote was the camp in the western Bitterroot Mountains, fences and guard towers were unnecessary.[1] It was run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the U.S. Department of Justice.[12]
A current archaeological project of the University of Idaho in Moscow,[13][14] the site is 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Lowell on U.S. 12, on the north bank of the Lochsa River[15][16] at an approximate elevation of 1,600 feet (490 m) above sea level. The two-lane federal highway[17] was completed in 1962, connecting to Montana at Lolo Pass at 5,233 feet (1,595 m) and eastward to Missoula.[18][19]
References
in north central Idaho
- ^ a b c Erb, Tish (September 26, 1943). "Jap internees work hard, well treated, at Kooskia road camp". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1-section 2.
- ^ Washington (May 11, 1943). "250 Japs start road jobs soon". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 3.
- ^ "Fawn saved from rapids by C.C.C. men". Schenectady Gazette. New York. (Special). September 5, 1933. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Kooskia Internment Camp Archaeological Project". University of Idaho. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- ^ "4,261 now total". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. July 3, 1933. p. 3.
- ^ "Sell goods fast". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. July 4, 1933. p. 2.
- ^ "Prison labor camps to rise". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 18, 1935. p. 12.
- ^ "It's the sane view of prison labor". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. (editorial). September 7, 1935. p. 4.
- ^ "Costs go higher at prison camp". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. February 16, 1942. p. 6.
- ^ "Priscilla Wegars". Idaho Humanities Council. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ Wegars, Priscilla. "Kooskia," Densho Encyclopedia (accessed 28 Apr 2014).
- ^ Emert, Donna (February 14, 2011). "Imprisoned in Paradise: Digging into Kooskia's Past Unearths a Timeless Lesson". University of Idaho. UI News. Retrieved July 28, 2013.
- ^ Wegars, Priscilla. "Asian American Comparative Collection: The Kooskia Internment Camp Project". University of Idaho. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook". University of Idaho. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ Geranios, Nicholas K. (July 27, 2013). "Researchers uncover little-known internment camp". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Banse, Tom (August 5, 2010). "Archaeologists resurrect nearly forgotten WWII internment camp". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ Forbes, Bob (November 29, 1953). "Hiking the Wash-ho-tana link in Lochsa wilds". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Empire Magazine). p. 9.
- ^ "Leaders arrive for L-C Highway dedication". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. August 19, 1962. p. 1.
- ^ Campbell, Thomas W. (August 20, 1962). "Thousands witness L-C Highway dedication". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1.