Today

Desert area originally and now prime agriculture land today in the Parker Valley

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012

 

Source of the lifeline for agriculture--the Colorado River

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012 

   

The locals call this the "Finger Mountain"

 Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012

 Scenic drive out to Poston going south of Parker (PRIVATE PROPERTY)

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012

 

Alfalfa grown for livestock feed is one major agriculture crop (PRIVATE PROPERTY)

Photo courtesy of R & H Arakawa 10/2011

 One of several water towers in the Poston vicinity (PRIVATE PROPERTY)

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

Poston Community Alliance Board member 2/2008

 

Poston Memorial Monument & Kiosk erected in the 1990s 

by former prisoners of the Poston camps

  

 Poston Memorial Monument

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012

   

  Poston concentration camp I

Elementary School Buildings

(site of the Poston Restoration Project )

Photo courtesy of  RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012  

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  Poston concentration camp I

 Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012 

  Poston concentration camp I

 Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012         

                                                       Poston concentration camp I

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012

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  Poston concentration camp I

Constructed by hand-made prisoner adobe bricks 
Before environmental clean-up of asbestos and lead contamination

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

Poston Community Alliance Board member 2/2008

  Poston concentration camp I

After the environmental clean-up of asbestos and lead contamination

Photo courtesy of J. Cravath,   

Poston Community Alliance Board member

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  Poston concentration camp I

After the environmental clean-up of asbestos and lead contamination

Photo courtesy of J Cravath,  

Poston Community Alliance Board member

 

  Poston concentration camp I

After the environmental clean-up of asbestos and lead contamination 4/2010

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

  Poston Community Alliance Board member

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  Poston concentration camp I

 Before environmental clean-up of asbestos and lead contamination 2/2008

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

 Poston Community Alliance Board member

 

  Poston concentration camp I

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  Poston concentration camp I school auditorium;

Later years called the "Hatch Center" and the "Job Corps" 

Originally an intact building, was destroyed during 2001 act of an arsonist

Poston Restoration Project Board members inspecting the site

Photo courtesy of R & H. Arakawa 10/20/2011

 

Cornerstone of the Poston I Elementary School    

               Erected June 1943 built by Japanese residents                 

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

Poston Community Alliance Board member 2/2008

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Poston concentration camp I

Evidence of the prison-made adobe bricks now eroding

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

Poston Community Alliance Board member  10/2011

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Poston concentration camp I

Photo courtesy of RV traveler, Diane Hitzel 2/25/2012 

Barrack successfully relocated to the Poston concentration camp area, 

site of the Poston Restoration Project.

 7/18/2012

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...OUTSIDE OF THE POSTON RESTORATION PROJECT SITE....
Poston concentration camp II area (PRIVATE PROPERTY)
Very little traces of the concentration camp remains today

  Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto, 

Poston Community Alliance Board member 10/20/2011

Poston concentration camp II area (PRIVATE PROPERTY)

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto,

Poston Community Alliance Board member 10/20/2011

 

...OUTSIDE OF THE POSTON RESTORATION PROJECT SITE.... 
Poston Camp III area (PRIVATE PROPERTY)
 Alfalfa and cotton crops being grown
All evidence of the concentration camps have been erased. 

                                              Photo courtesy of R & H. Arakawa 10/20/2011

 

...OUTSIDE OF THE POSTON RESTORATION PROJECT SITE....  

 Poston Camp III area (PRIVATE PROPERTY)

Fields of cotton 

All evidence of the concentration camps have been erased. 

Photo courtesy of D. Kiyomoto,

Poston Community Alliance Board member 10/20/2011