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History Museum Attractions In Kirby

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Kirby is a town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States. The town was established as a coal town in 1907 alongside the nearby camps of Crosby and Gebo.The population was 92 at the 2010 census. The town is home to Wyoming Whiskey the state's first whiskey distillery, and was the only one in the state until 2017. Wyoming Whiskey began production in 2009 in a facility constructed by the General Steel Corporation.
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  • 1. Heart Mountain Interpretive Center Powell Wyoming
    The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the towns of Cody and Powell in northwest Wyoming, was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted from the West Coast Exclusion Zone during World War II by executive order from President Franklin Roosevelt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. This site was managed before the war by the federal Bureau of Reclamation for a major irrigation project. Construction of the 650 military-style barracks and surrounding guard towers began in June 1942, and the camp opened on August 11, when the first Japanese Americans arrived by train from the Pomona, Santa Anita, and Portland assembly centers. The camp would hold a total of 13,997 Japanese A...
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