The Moab Museum is introducing a project made in collaboration with experts and descendants of survivors to exhibit how Japanese Americans were imprisoned.
MOAB, Utah — The Moab Museum will plan to shed light on a dark time in Grand County History this spring.
During World War II in 1943, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp called Dalton Wells, about 14 miles north of downtown Moab, was transformed into a temporary prison for Japanese Americans, said Langworthy. It's one of those little pieces of our past that even though it was relatively brief, hasn't really made it into the story of this place in a big way,” she said. “The exhibit is aiming to share that story that hasn't been shared widely in Moab before.”
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