File:Heart Mountain WRC Returning to West Coast.jpg

Unknown or not provided Record creator Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946) Title Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Reversing the scenes of nearly three yea . . . Description Scope and content: The full caption for this photograph reads: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Reversing the scenes of nearly three years ago when train after train brought more than 11,000 evacuees from the West coast, Heart Mountain residents now are bidding goodbye to friends and neigbors as they return to their homes or depart for new homes and work throughtout the nation. This scene taken at a recent departure shows the largest group to date to be taken away from their wartime home. Four to six coaches have been leaving the Heart Mountain Center weekly for Billings, Montana, where they connect with the mainliners both east and west. Date July 1945 Record group: Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1989 (National Archives Identifier: 537 ) Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945 (National Archives Identifier: 536000 ) NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-G945