Pima County (Geographic Keyword)
26-28 (28 Records)
A few months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, people of Japanese origin on the West Coast of the United States were routed through a series of security measures that led to removal from their homes and resettlement in relocation centers. In 1942, a civilian agency, the War Relocation Authority (WRA), was established to administer their lives in these centers. Butte Camp and Canal Camp were the two relocation sites built by the United States at the Gila River Relocation Center...
Supplemental Study of Butte Camp at the Rivers Relocation Center: A Japanese-American World War II Relocation Center: Interim Report (1993)
In 1987 and 1989, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd. (ACS) undertook limited archaeological and historical investigations in areas adjacent to the Gila River Relocation Center that were to be impacted by the Sacaton Farms Irrigation System Project (Sawyer-Lang 1989; Sullivan et al. 1987). On January 20,1993, the Bureau of Reclamation requested a supplemental study of the Center that included the collection of additional historical material together with oral history information. The...
Testing Report and Data Recovery Plan for the Operations Area of the Treatment Plant Locus of Site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM), Pima County, Arizona (1999)
Between February 16 and March 12, 1999, a crew of ten to twelve archaeologists from SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants undertook archaeological test excavations at a portion of site AZ AA:12:111 (ASM) located within the Operations Area at the Ina Road Water Pollution Control Facility (Treatment Plant). A crew of ten to twelve archaeologists began excavations on February 16, 1999, and proceeded as outlined in the testing plan. The testing was designed to identify and evaluate buried cultural...