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{ "url_title": "Tulare (detention facility)", "title_sort": "tularedetentionfacility", "links": { "json": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/api/0.1/articles/Tulare%20(detention%20facility)/", "html": "http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Tulare%20(detention%20facility)" }, "modified": "2025-06-11T20:00:39", "title": "Tulare (detention facility)", "body": "<div class=\"mw-parser-output\">\n <div style=\"alert alert-info\">\n <p>\n This page is an update of the original Densho Encyclopedia article authored by Konrad Linke. See the shorter legacy version\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/media/encyc-legacy/Tulare_(detention_facility).html\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n here\n </a>\n .\n </p>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-CampsDisplay\">\n <table class=\"infobox\" width=\"200px;\">\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n US Gov Name\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Tulare Assembly Center, California\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Facility Type\n </a>\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration#Temporary_Assembly_Center/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Temporary Assembly Center\n </a>\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Administrative Agency\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Wartime Civil Control Administration\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Location\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Tulare, California (36.2000 lat, -119.3333 lng)\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Date Opened\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n April 20, 1942\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Date Closed\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n September 4, 1942\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Population Description\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Held people from California: Los Angeles and Sacramento Counties and the Southern California coast.\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n General Description\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Located in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California.\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Peak Population\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n 4,978 (1942-08-11)\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"row\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Exit Destination\n </th>\n <td style=\"text-align:left;\">\n Gila River\n </td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:left;\">\n <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16n.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n National Park Service Info\n </a>\n </td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n </table>\n </div>\n <div id=\"databox-Camps\" style=\"display:none;\">\n <p>\n SoSUID:a-tula;\nDenshoName:Tulare;\nUSGName:Tulare Assembly Center, California;\nType:\n <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"/Sites_of_incarceration#Temporary_Assembly_Center/\" title=\"Sites of incarceration\">\n Temporary Assembly Center\n </a>\n ;\nAdminAgency:Wartime Civil Control Administration;\nDateOpened:April 20, 1942;\nDateClosed:September 4, 1942;\nLocationName:Tulare, California;\nCityName:Tulare;\nStateName:CA;\nDescription:Located in the southern San Joaquin Valley of California.;\nGISLat:36.2000;\nGISLng:-119.3333;\nGISTGNId:7015506;\nCurrentDisposition:;\nPopulationDescription:Held people from California: Los Angeles and Sacramento Counties and the Southern California coast.;\nExitDestination:Gila River;\nPeakPopulation:4,978;\nPeakDate:1942-08-11;\nNPSMoreInfoResourceLink:\n <a class=\"external free offsite\" href=\"http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16n.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/anthropology74/ce16n.htm\n </a>\n ;\nOfficialResourceLink:;\n </p>\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <div class=\"floatright\">\n </div>\n <p>\n Tulare was a temporary detention camp, located in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, half-way between Fresno and Bakersfield, on the outskirts of the city of Tulare (pop. 10,000). It was built on grounds formerly used by the Tulare-Kings County Fair. The camp was occupied from April 27 to September 4, 1942, a total of 131 days. It housed 5,061 Nikkei (with a maximum at one time of 4,978), mostly from the coastal counties north of Los Angeles. There were about 100 barracks within the fairgrounds and another 55 barracks to the south of the fairgrounds adjacent to the county hospital. After spending about four months in the camp most Nikkei were deported to the Gila River camp in Southern Arizona. The grounds were thereafter occupied by African American soldiers of the 7th Army Corps.\n <sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-1\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#cite_note-1\">\n [1]\n </a>\n </sup>\n </p>\n <div aria-labelledby=\"mw-toc-heading\" class=\"toc\" id=\"toc\" role=\"navigation\">\n <input class=\"toctogglecheckbox\" id=\"toctogglecheckbox\" role=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" type=\"checkbox\"/>\n <div class=\"toctitle\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n <h2 id=\"mw-toc-heading\">\n Contents\n </h2>\n <span class=\"toctogglespan\">\n <label class=\"toctogglelabel\" for=\"toctogglecheckbox\">\n </label>\n </span>\n </div>\n <ul>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-1\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Site_History.2FLayout.2FFacilities\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 1\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Site History/Layout/Facilities\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-2\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Camp_Population\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 2\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Camp Population\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-3\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Staffing\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 3\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Staffing\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-4\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Institutions.2FCamp_Life\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Institutions/Camp Life\n </span>\n </a>\n <ul>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-5\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Community_Government\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.1\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Community Government\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-6\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Education\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.2\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Education\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-7\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Medical_Facilities\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 4.3\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Medical Facilities\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-8\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Police_and_Unrest\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Police and Unrest\n </span>\n </a>\n <ul>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-9\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Library\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.1\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Library\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-10\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Newspaper\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.2\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Newspaper\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-11\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Religion\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.3\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Religion\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-12\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Recreation\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.4\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Recreation\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-13\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Store.2FCanteen\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.5\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Store/Canteen\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-14\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Visitors\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.6\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Visitors\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-2 tocsection-15\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Other\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 5.7\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Other\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-16\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Chronology\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 6\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Chronology\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-17\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Quotes\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 7\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Quotes\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-18\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Aftermath\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 8\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Aftermath\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-19\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Alumni\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 9\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Alumni\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-20\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#For_More_Information\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 10\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n For More Information\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n <li class=\"toclevel-1 tocsection-21\">\n <a class=\"\" href=\"#Footnotes\">\n <span class=\"tocnumber\">\n 11\n </span>\n <span class=\"toctext\">\n Footnotes\n </span>\n </a>\n </li>\n </ul>\n </div>\n <div class=\"section\" id=\"Site_History/Layout/Facilities\">\n <h2>\n <span id=\"Site_History/Layout/Facilities\">\n </span>\n <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Site_History.2FLayout.2FFacilities\">\n Site 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