THE BARNES REVIEW: "BACK TO MINIDOKA"

 

 BACK TO MINIDOKA

Front cover of TBR's November-December 2016 issue

(Note: an audio interview with the author about this article, featuring expanded information, is scheduled for release on or about December 26, 2016. When released, a link will be provided here.)

The November-December 2016 issue of The Barnes Review has been released. This issue features the blogger's article on Minidoka National Historic Site in Southern Idaho (operated by the National Park Service). December 7th is Pearl Harbor Day, remembering the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. What is seldom remembered is the reasons behind the attack, nor is the fact that 120,000 or more Japanese-Americans were incarcerated in concentration camps by the US Army. The article alludes to ten camps, but there were more scattered throughout the US. There were also some 26 camps housing Germans, Italians and others. This piece of writing features a small tidbit about the Japanese at Minidoka, near Jerome, Idaho. Minidoka National Historic Site is open free of charge to the public the year around and features displays along a self-guiding trail. We think you find this article interesting. TBR is an unabashed  "politically incorrect" History Magazine priced at $46 annually for six issues. If you want more information or wish to subscribe, simply visit their website: barnesreview.org

      Thank you for reading my article! Here are a few color photographs of exhibits, park service literature and the location:

     Minidoka National Historic Site as it looks today, showing the original entrance and the restored guard tower and parking lot.

      There are two other National Park Service sites within about an hour's drive from Minidoka. They include the huge and fabulous Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, west of Arco, Idaho, and Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument at Hagerman Idaho. The monument features a large display of horse-fossils from a by-gone era. Minidoka, which is self-guided, is under the care of the Superintendent at Hagerman.

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 Harald Hesstvedt Scharnhorst