Heart Mountain - Wyoming Ghost Town

HEART MOUNTAIN

NAME: Heart Mountain
COUNTY: Park
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: SNOW WINTER-NICE SUMMER
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer.

COMMENTS: No residents.HWY BETWEEN CODY AND POWELL
ASK LOCALS
REMAINS: Two buildings and memorials.

JAPANESE RELOCATION CENTER 1942-1945 HOME TO MORE THAN 10,000 RESIDENTS MAKING IT WYOMING'S 3RD LARGEST CITY AT THE TIME. THERE WAS A HOSPITAL, CHURCHES, FIRE STATION, AND A MOVIE THEATRE. THE PEOPLE COULD WORK IN THE LOCAL FIELDS TO EARN MONEY AND WERE GRANTED PASSES INTO TOWN(CODY). AT THE END OF WWII RESIDENTS LEFT HEART MOUNTAIN MAKING IT A GHOST TOWN. Submitted by: CHUCK W. & JENN B.	Heart Mountain Courtesy Chuck Wyant Heart Mountain Courtesy Chuck Wyant Heart Mountain Courtesy Chuck Wyant Heart Mountain Courtesy Chuck Wyant Internees walk down 'F' street, the main thorofare of the "Relocation Camp", with Hart Mountain in the background. Courtesy Ryan Hill Rows of barracks built by U.S. military to house the internees. Courtesy Ryan Hill Internees had to pass gates manned by armed gaurds. Courtesy Ryan Hill Heart Mountain Courtesy Ryan Hill Heart Mountain Courtesy Ryan Hill The barracks and hospital building at sunset. Courtesy Ryan Hill Heart Mountain Courtesy Ryan Hill

JAPANESE RELOCATION CENTER 1942-1945 HOME TO MORE THAN 10,000 RESIDENTS MAKING IT WYOMING'S 3RD LARGEST CITY AT THE TIME. THERE WAS A HOSPITAL, CHURCHES, FIRE STATION, AND A MOVIE THEATRE. THE PEOPLE COULD WORK IN THE LOCAL FIELDS TO EARN MONEY AND WERE GRANTED PASSES INTO TOWN(CODY). AT THE END OF WWII RESIDENTS LEFT HEART MOUNTAIN MAKING IT A GHOST TOWN.

Submitted by: CHUCK W. & JENN B.

Heart Mountain
Courtesy Chuck Wyant