[Topaz Japanese-American Relocation Center] The camp opened 11 September 1942 although many barracks as well as the schools were not completed. Japanese-Americans from the San Francisco area, who had been housed at Tanforan Race Track since its hasty reconstruction for human inhabitants in March, were transported to Delta, Utah, by train. The population of the camp soon reached about 8,000. Once located, some internees finished building their own barracks and other structures at the site.
[Source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Topaz Japanese-American Relocation Center, http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/t/TOPAZRELOCATION.html]
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