Unloading Coal at Heart Mountain Relocation Center

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Description

The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Tom Parker, reads: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. It takes approximately four carloads of coal a day to provide heat for residents at this Wyoming relocation center during the cold winter months. Here a crew of men loading trucks from the coal gondola for delivery to barracks.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.

National Archives Identifier: 538770

Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-E107; Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. It takes approximately four carloads of coal a day to provide heat.; 9/15/1942; Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 – 1945; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/coal-heart-mountain/, February 4, 2026]

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