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Historic Sites Attractions In Pryor

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Pryor is a census-designated place in Big Horn County, Montana, United States. The population was 618 at the 2010 census. The area is named for Nathaniel Hale Pryor, a sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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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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