GC827MA Name That Camp
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: ColoradoCachersClub @ | Hide Date: 01/08/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 51.189 W105° 00.313 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
 

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Not at posted coordinates. This is a Name That Camp, you are not going for coords, but the camp name. This not the name of the near-by town.

On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 authorizing the removal of more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry from their homes on the West Coast of the United States. Under the auspices of the War Relocation Authority (WRA), the federal government imprisoned these Japanese Americans, 2/3s of whom were native-born citizens, in ten internment camps.

The camp, located in southeastern Colorado, had been under construction only two months when the first 212 prisoners arrived from California on August 27, 1942. Although only a portion of the camp was habitable, the Western Defense Command refused to alter its schedule of removals. By the end of September nearly 5,000 people were in camp, and within six months the population of the exceeded 7,500.

Hastily built, enclosed by barbed wire, and still unfinished when the bulk of the evacuees arrived, it had only the most rudimentary facilities. Even with the internees themselves assisting the WRA in various construction projects during these early months, mess halls were inadequate, bathhouses were without water, toilets were unsanitary, and drinking water had to be trucked in from the nearby town.

The men and women of the camp proceeded quickly to set up a system of democratic self-government. The camp charter, which had been drafted by early November 1942, was prefaced with a preamble that began with "We the People" and continued self-consciously to echo phrases contained in the preamble to the Constitution of the United States.

Within a year, life in the camp assumed a semblance of normality: a police force of sixty men and a fire department of twenty-four to thirty men, assisted by a corps of voluntary firemen, were fully operational; the camp post office handled 2,500 letters and 400 packages daily; a 150-bed hospital, staffed by five internee doctors and twentyfive nurses, a dental clinic, public library

What perhaps impressed WRA authorities most were the successes of the camp farm and cooperative. The camp farm was the largest employer. The camp farmers raised bumper crops of alfalfa, corn, and sorghum which, when coupled with harvests of head-lettuce, celery, spinach, onions, and lima beans, enabled them to export railroad carloads of produce to points outside Colorado. In 1943 alone, the total value of crops grown at the camp was $190,000 (1943 dollars). The cooperative begun in January 1943, quickly became one of the largest organizations in the state.

494 men from the camp served in the military of a nation. Thirtyeight of them earned combat decorations for exemplary conduct under fire. The courage and sacrifices of these men and the other Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and 100th Infantry Battalion accelerated the pace of the federal government's program to close the nation's internment camps.

In late 1944 there were still more than 6,100 internees at the camp. In January 1945 the government lifted its ban on resettlement on the West Coast. Not until October 15, 1945, two months after the end of the war in the Pacific, did the last internees leave the camp.

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TOTT required for log retrival (Tweezers)
You are not looking for the name of the near-by town nor coords, but the name of the camp.
Capitalize only first letter of name.

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Additional Waypoints

05/18/2022 By dustyriver
Checker has been giving me fits lately - Disabled until problems are figured out.

11/15/2021 By GeoDog74
WOO-HOO! I had to circle GZ a few times before I finally spotted this nifty little hide. Like others have mentioned, it is missing it's lid and might not survive the winter. I was happy to add my name to the log, RAF, and kept moving. TFTC!

08/23/2021 By Buggirl53
This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

08/23/2021 By Buggirl53
The lid is missing from the cache.

08/23/2021 By Buggirl53
Log was dry but lid was missing.

03/30/2020 By robuster91
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

03/30/2020 By robuster91
missing cache may what to cheak

01/08/2020 By geysers123
I looked for quite a while and then spotted something that might have been the container but it was empty with no log. The owner might want to check on this one since it hasn't been found since June.

06/08/2019 By herndonrd
Out with FeartheFish getting puzzles that I had solved in the NW part of town. Sad part of our history although easy to judge in hindsight without the reality of Pearl Harbor or the daily bombings in London (which my Mom lived through) as a recent event. TFTC!

06/02/2019 By COHodag
Out enjoying a puzzle run with my pal Greasepot who surprised me with a new stamp with my new Cacher name, all shiny, new, and ready to use--and this cache was the first one STAMPED today! Thanks for adding to our fun & TFTC .

06/02/2019 By Greasepot
9:49:00 AM Out with CohoDag on a puzzle run today. We got done before the thunderstorms moved in. Thanks! Thanks for the interesting information about the WRA. We lived next door to a Japanese woman who was in one of the camps. Colorado treated them well, so they stayed here after they were released.

05/06/2019 By Kroozer
Learned some interesting history with this one. Signed log. Token: E35F8E6C. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache!

04/16/2019 By MonteLukast
Almost didn't find this one, then I looked at it from another angle. TFTC!

04/06/2019 By dustyriver
Good Find

01/24/2019 By lasouthpaw
Seems like a number of people have gotten bitten by the find a puzzle each day bug, myself included. I managed to swing by here today. I kind of had to laugh at the very interesting trash around here. There were about 5 empty tubes of super glue right in front of where I parked. I don't know if someone was doing a car repair of if folks sniff super glue or what. Anyhoo, nicely hidden container, I don't know if I've seen anything exactly like this. Thanks for the history lesson and the smiley. My code is: D92E2245.

01/20/2019 By LostinDenver
Today I started my geo-adventure in the Globeville area, moving north toward Thornton. Only 2 DNF's, so it was a great day!
Another fun puzzle and great hide! Don't you get tired of collecting favorite points? :) tftc!

01/19/2019 By LiveWire77
Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the search and its discovery. sl

01/19/2019 By shortcircuit77
22D879A1 Virtual cache there. We were there about 5 years ago. Very interesting. Live Wire 77 and I out enjoying a very warm day for January. Found about 13. 5th cache in and I slipped and fell on the ice. It hurts but I can walk on it, so I assume not broken, no bruise marks yet. We shall see what tomorrow brings. Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the game. sl

01/16/2019 By CoBiker
Nice hide - I had to be at just the right angle to see it. TFTC

01/16/2019 By ecanderson
See note from 1/12 for code.
Interesting mounting method for this one. Don't think we've seen anything quite like this before.

01/15/2019 By Miles ToGeo
I got an unique code of F43ADFD after getting the daughter's name. I headed out today to make the find. The area was quiet and I was able to have the place to myself. I spotted it and signed the log.