Camp Amache
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CAMP AMACHE
- Granada Relocation Center’s unofficial name became “Amache,” named after a Cheyenne Indian chief’s daughter who married John Prowers (1839-1884), a prominent cattle rancher for whom the county is named.
- The population of Granada peaked at 7,318 detainees.
- The Granada War Relocation Center or Amache was a Japanese American internment camp located in southeast Colorado, about a mile west of the small farming community of Granada.
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- The APS has begun to renovate Amache, particularly the cemetery, and established an Amache Museum.
- Adults in camp had various opportunities for employment
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- Although relations with the residents of Granada and other nearby communities were largely positive, many Coloradans protested the construction of Amache High School in 1943.
WAS AMERICA JUSTIFIED TO RELOCATE THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE AMERICANS
- No
