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Newell, California

This view from the Peninsula takes in most of the old Internment Camp – Newell, California was born out of the War Relocation Authority’s Japanese-American Internment and later, Segregation, Center. Once the decision was made tp build a center on … Continue reading

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Internment Camp Life

This was unpopular in camp and a subject of unrest. This segment begins with a crop-duster landing at the airport that sits on the old camp site. Jimi Yamaichi then discusses the pay for internees at the Tule Lake Internment … Continue reading

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Tule Lake Jail

One man’s job is another man’s jail. Jimi Yamaichi recalls the Tule Lake Segregation Center’s jail, one of the few remaining structures on the site. Jimi supervised the jail’s construction with a large crew. The jail has always been a … Continue reading

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Tule Lake Barracks

A visit to the San Jose Japanese – American Museum. Jimi Yamaichi takes inside a 20′ x 20′ Tule lake Internment barracks recreation at the San Jose Japanese American Museum. Construction of the camp started in mid-April 1942 and the … Continue reading

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Internment Farming

They knew what to grow with the warm days and cool nights. Jimi Yamaichi takes us out to what were the Tule Lake Internment – Segregation Center farm fields. The rich soil, reclaimed from Tule Lake by the Klamath Reclamation … Continue reading

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Around Tulelake

Here is California’s beginning or end depending on the direction one is driving. All of this within 39 miles from this rest stop The adventure begins as history comes alive off the beaten path. You are here, standing at a … Continue reading

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Tulelake, California

Looking At Tulelake From Across The Lost River On Christmas Day – The City of Tulelake, California is a young city. It sits on land in Siskiyou County, just south of the Oregon border, that was reclaimed from Tule Lake … Continue reading

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