Purposes+for+Different+Camps


 * Purposes for Different Internment**

Internment camps were used for a lot of different things. Different internment camps were Minidoka, Jerome, Gila River, Granada, Heart Mountain, Manzanar, Poston, Rohwer, Topaz, and Tule Lake. Out of these 10 camps Manzanar was the first to open. These camps had different industries, or jobs, for the internees to do. **Minidoka**, which was located in Jerome county, south central Idaho, 6 miles north of Eden. The size was 33,500 acres, with a climate that was severe with dust storms. The population was 9,397. **Jerome** was located in Drew and Chicot counties, southeastern Arkansas. The size was 10,000 acres. The camp had swampland; green and tropical; humid. Population was about 8,497. The **Gila River** located about 50 miles south of Phoenix, 9 miles west of Sacaton in Pinal County Arizona. Maximum population was 13,348. When the Gila River Relocation Center was in operation it was the fourth largest city in Arizona. In 1935 about 7,000 acres of the relocation center reserve had been leveled, irrigated, and planted with alfalfa for grazing.
 * About the camps**

Purposes for different