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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Kanosh, Utah, Lynndyl, Utah, Scipio, Utah, Leamington, Utah, Hinckley, Utah, Delta, Utah, Oak City, Utah, Meadow, Utah, Fillmore, Utah, Holden, Utah, Topaz War Relocation Center, U.S. Route 50 in Utah, National Register of Historic Places listings in Millard County, Utah, Cove Fort, Utah Territorial Statehouse, USS LST-987, Tule Valley, Pavant Butte, Utah State Route 132, Utah State Route 21, McCornick, Utah, Escalante Desert, Delta High School, Notch Peak, Hamlin Valley, Snake Valley, Utah State Route 257, Antelope Valley, Utah State Route 64, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah State Route 99, House Range, Sevier Lake, KMGR, Utah State Route 133, Burbank, Utah, Utah State Route 159, 28th Utah Senate District, EskDale, Utah, Pruess Lake, Fillmore Municipal Airport, Fort Deseret, Mountain Home Range, Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, Intermountain Power Agency, Burbank Hills, Wah Wah Valley, Delta Municipal Airport, Confusion Range, Black Rock Desert volcanic field, Desert Biosphere Reserve, Pavant Range, Garrison, Utah, Duchesne Municipal Airport, Gandy, Utah, Ferguson Desert, Kings Canyon, Intermountain Power Plant, Border, Utah, Deseret, Utah. Excerpt: The Topaz War Relocation Center, also known as the Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz) and (briefly) the Abraham Relocation Center, was a camp which housed Nikkei -- Americans of Japanese descent and immigrants who had come to the United States from Japan. There were a number of such camps used during the Second World War, under the control of the War Relocation Authority. The camp consisted of 19,800 acres (8,012.8 ha), nearly four times the size of the more famous Manzanar War Relocation Center in California. Most Topaz internees lived in the central residential area located approximately 15 miles (24.1 km) west of Delta, Utah, though some lived as caretakers overseeing...