16/09/2019
A few relic buildings and the hospital chimney spire rising in the sky remain as visible reminders of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, once the third-largest community in Wyoming. At the height of World War II in 1942, 120,000 Japanese-American citizens were removed from their West Coast homes and placed in 10 “internment camps” around the country. One of those was the Heart Mountain camp northeast of Cody which held an average of more than 10,000 people.
Through photographs, artifacts, oral histories and interactive exhibits, visitors to the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center will experience life at Heart Mountain through the eyes of the nearly 14,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans who were confined there during WWII.
The center, located at 1539 Road 19 between Cody and Powell, is open daily May 15 October 1, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., October 2 – May 14. Admission is $20 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, and free for children 12 and younger.
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