Ice skating / Ice skating rinks / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps / Snow / Women Source :NARA-NWDNS NaraID :210-G-E677 Photographer :Parker, Tom Personal Name :N/A Topical Name :Heart Mountain Relocation Center Geographical Name :N/A Institution Name :War Relocation Authority Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. Date :01/10/1943 State :WY Country :USA

Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Residents of Japanese ancestry, at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, were quick to grasp the recreational advantages of Wyoming's cold weather. Ponds were constructed and flooded, and former Californians, to whom ice skating was a new sport, were enthusiastically nursing bruises and enjoying the sport.

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