Editing Kooskia, Idaho (section)

===Kooskia Internment Camp===
{{Main|Kooskia Internment Camp}}
During the final two years of [[World War II]], the Kooskia Internment Camp was located about {{convert|30|mi|-1|spell=in}} northeast of the town. Originally a remote highway work camp of the [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] in the 1930s, it was later run by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]] and then converted in 1943 to house [[Japanese American internment|interned Japanese]] men, most of whom were longtime U.S. residents, but not citizens, branded "enemy aliens." It was so remote in the western [[Bitterroot Mountains]] that fences and guard towers were unnecessary.<ref name=aacc>{{cite web|url=http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/aacc/KOOSKIA.HTM|publisher=University of Idaho|title=Asian American Comparative Collection: The Kooskia Internment Camp Project|last=Wegars |first=Priscilla |access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=kicspb >{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/Kooskia/about.html |publisher=University of Idaho |title=Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook |access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> The site, now an archaeological project, is {{convert|6|mi|0|spell=in}} northeast of [[Lowell, Idaho|Lowell]] on [[U.S. Route 12 in Idaho|U.S. 12]], on the north bank of the [[Lochsa River]].<ref name=rulkicp>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/researchers-uncover-little-known-internment-camp-170350272.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|agency=Associated Press|last=Geranios|first=Nicholas K.|title=Researchers uncover little-known internment camp |date=July 27, 2013|access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref><ref name=arnfic >{{cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/archaeological-dig-resurrects-nearly-forgotten-wwii-internment-camp/|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|last=Banse|first=Tom|title=Archaeologists Resurrect Nearly Forgotten WWII Internment Camp |date=August 5, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref><!--({{coord|46.21|-115.543}})-->