By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: KAZUKO TOJI KATO. Family # 3692. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 22-11-4. In June of 1924, my mother met my dad for the first time, married him, and came to America in search of a better life. They arrived in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July. My mom saw the fireworks and thought this was a beautiful place...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation’s March 2023 total water supply available forecast for the Yakima basin indicates the water supply will be adequate to meet irrigation demands this season. The early estimate of the total water supply available for the April-September period indicates senior water rights will receive 100% of entitlements and junior water rights will receive 86% of entitlements.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: HELEN SUGIYAMA MISHIMA. Family # 14207. Camp: Gila River, AZ. Address: 28-14-D. My mother and father were born in Hilo, HI. Dad was taken out of school when he completed the eighth grade, and went to work in the sugar cane fields to help support the family. He became a mechanic at 18. Mom completed only...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: Become a Junior Ranger by completing activities about George Washington Carver’s life and impact on our nation with the “The Plant Doctor" or “The Scientist" or “Carver Scholar" booklet. To begin your learning journey, pick up a Junior Ranger booklet at the Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: ROSE B. KITAHARA. Family # 1107. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 5-5-1. My grandfather, a native of Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan, came to New Mexico in 1905 to open a boarding house for the immigrant bachelors who had come to the mining town of Raton. My father, Sakui Bannai, arrived ten years later and in 1920...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2023
News Release: PUBLIC NOTICE. SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On March 14, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 pm, Reclamation will hold a quarterly meeting to provide an update on the development of the Biological Assessment for the 2021 Reinitiation of Consultation on the Long-Term Operation of the Central Valley Project and State Water...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: The picnic tables at Point Reyes National Seashore's Historic Lifeboat Station are located 0.4 miles (0.6 km) east of the Chimney Rock Parking Lot, Inverness, California. Geographic Coordinates: 37.99406, -122.97356. Amenities. 5 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: BILL NISHIMURA. Family # 41665. Camps: Poston III, AZ (Address: 25-14-C) and Tule Lake, CA. Written using Bill Nishimura’s oral history interview. Tomio, my dad, was born about 1884, and my mother Sada about 1896, both in the city of Iwakune, Japan. My dad was in Tokyo studying electricity, but came to...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: JOE NAGANO. Family # 5075. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 14-12-4. Father, Sanezumi Nagano, arrived in the U.S. from Kochi, Japan in 1906. In 1918 Sanezumi returned to Japan and in the following year, 1919, he married Umeko Terauchi. Upon returning to the U.S. he worked for the Japanese Christian Church...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: Each year, nearly 300,000 volunteers collectively contribute more than 6.5 million hours of volunteer service at our national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: TADASHI TATSUI. Family # 1223. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 6-14-5 and 28-14-1. My father came to the United States in 1919 from Hiroshima with his two older brothers. Mother came later. Dad did many jobs like most immigrants - farming, produce stand, gardening. After World War II, Dad packed goods in...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: HAYAO “HY" SHISHINO. Family # 9361. Camp: Gila River, AZ. Address: 33-9-C. Fumio Shishino, my father, came to America from Kagoshima, Japan in 1910. He worked for many years in various jobs as a laborer and picking fruit. My father returned to Japan in 1919 to marry my mother, Toshi Kodama Shishino. He...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: JUN OKIMOTO. Family # 3690. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 31-1-4. We lived in Glendale, CA, before we were evacuated to Manzanar War Relocation Center. My father was a gardener and my mother ran a boarding house for men working at the fruit stands and as gardeners. I attended Hoover High School and participated...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: MAS SEGIMOTO. Family # 4524. Camp: Manzanar, CA. Address: 10-5-4. My father Katsutaro Segimoto came to the United States in 1906 and my mother Kiso Dakeno in 1920. Both came from the Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. The marriage was arranged by their parents in Japan and my mother came to this country as a...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. Amenities. 1 listed. Benches/Seating. To the right of the trail is a bench for visitors to take a break on. While relaxing make sure to take in the surrounding wilderness. Across from the bench there is a Yaupon holly bush. This is a common shrub we see in the park...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: MARY M. TERAMOTO. Family # 29536. Camp: Jerome, AR (Address: 41-3-F) and Rohwer, AR (4-8-F). My mother Asano was born in Hawaii, which made her an American citizen. Her parents returned to Japan when she was nine. My father Sawataro Teraoka worked as a tailor in Japan until a depression forced him and...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: ROSE MATSUI OCHI. Family # 12732. Camp: Rohwer, AR. Address: 12-9-F. Written using Rose Ochi’s oral history interview. My father Yoshiaki Matsui was born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1900. After Chinese indentured laborers built the railroads in the West, Japanese like his father and uncle were brought in to...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Located to the right of the overlook stands a wayside that gives more information about the Civilian Conservation Corps and the work they did here. The sign also has images of the 1437th Company that...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 9, 2023
News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Davis Bayou, MS. In front of you on either side of the trail is some of the remnants of the CCC encampment that was here.The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by Congress on March 31, 1933, was a nationwide program that provided jobs for young, unemployed men during...
