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Coordinates: 36°43′56″N 118°08′55″W 36.73227, -118.14851

Manzanar National Historic Site

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address: P.O Box 426 Independence CA USA 93526-0426
  • Telephone Number: +1-760-878-2932
  • Official Website: [1]
• Overview

Manzanar National Historic Site.Long before the first prisoners arrived in March 1942, Manzanar was home to Native Americans , who mostly lived in villages near several creeks in the area. Ranchers and miners formally established the town of Manzanar in 1910, but abandoned the town by 1929 after the City of Los Angeles purchased the water rights to virtually the entire area. As different as these groups might seem, they are tied together by the common thread of forced relocation.Since the last prisoners left in 1945, former prisoners and others have worked to protect Manzanar and to establish it as a National Historic Site that preserves and interprets the site for current and future generations. The primary focus is the Japanese American Internment era, as specified in the legislation that created the Manzanar National Historic Site. The site also interprets the town of Manzanar, the ranch days, the settlement by the Owens Valley Paiute, and the role that water played in shaping the history of the Owens Valley.^[1]

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