In the News

There was an article in the Sunday Statesman that related to our selection next month.  Here it is:
Idaho internment camp site gets additional land
MINIDOKA - The Minidoka National Historic Site where thoughsands of Japanese Americans were confined during World War II will add 138 acres to its current 300 acres.
      The Conservation Fund purchased the property in 2008 from a private owner and held it until recent U.S. legislation allowed the National Park Service to buy the land late last year for $380,000.
     Saturday marked the 69th anniversary of the order for forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese-Americans.