Kooskia Internment Camp

Kooskia Internment Camp
Idaho County, Idaho
Kooskia Internment Camp is located in the United States
Kooskia Internment Camp
Kooskia Internment Camp
Kooskia Internment Camp is located in Idaho
Kooskia Internment Camp
Kooskia Internment Camp
Coordinates46°12′36″N 115°32′35″W / 46.21°N 115.543°W / 46.21; -115.543
TypeJapanese incarceration work camp
Site information
OwnerU.S. Department of Justice
OperatorImmigration and Naturalization Service (INS) 1943–1945
Federal Bureau of Prisons
1935–1943
Site history
Built1933
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Clearwater River drainage
in north central Idaho

The Kooskia Internment Camp (/ˈkuːskiː/ KOO-skee) is a former internment camp in the northwest United States, located in north central Idaho, about thirty miles (50 km) northeast of Kooskia 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.[4][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Erb, Tish (September 26, 1943). "Jap internees work hard, well treated, at Kooskia road camp". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1-section 2.
  2. ^ (Washington) (May 11, 1943). "250 Japs start road jobs soon". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Fawn saved from rapids by C.C.C. men". Schenectady Gazette. (New York). (Special). September 5, 1933. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b "Kooskia Internment Camp Archaeological Project". University of Idaho. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "4,261 now total". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 3, 1933. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Sell goods fast". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). July 4, 1933. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Prison labor camps to rise". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. August 18, 1935. p. 12.
  8. ^ "It's the sane view of prison labor". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (editorial). September 7, 1935. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Costs go higher at prison camp". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 16, 1942. p. 6.
  10. ^ "Priscilla Wegars". Idaho Humanities Council. Retrieved September 18, 2015.