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The museum features exhibits regarding the area history of Japanese American internment in the 1940s when more than 17,000 Japanese Americans were housed at nearby Rohwer War Relocation Center and Jerome War Relocation Center during World War II.
Jerome is located 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of the Rohwer War Relocation Center, [1] also in the Delta. Due to the large number of Japanese Americans detained there, these two camps were briefly ranked as the fifth- and sixth-largest towns in Arkansas. Both camps were served by the same rail line.
The Rohwer War Relocation Center site is now an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, [11] and features a memorial, the camp cemetery, interpretive panels and audio kiosks. [ 12 ] The Japanese American Internment Museum opened in nearby McGehee, Arkansas in 2013 and serves as the history museum and unofficial visitor center for the Rohwer ...
Class sizes were very large. At the height of its attendance, the Rohwer Camp of Arkansas reached 2,339, with only 45 certified teachers. [144] The student to teacher ratio in the camps was 48:1 in elementary schools and 35:1 for secondary schools, compared to the national average of 28:1. [145]
The McGehee School District serves Rohwer. [7] [8] Previously the Delta Special School District served Rohwer. The district had two schools, Delta Elementary School and Delta High School. [9] In 2004 the Arkansas Legislature approved a law that forced school districts with fewer than 350 students apiece to consolidate with other districts.
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The Southern Claims Commission (SCC) was an organization of the executive branch of the United States government from 1871 to 1880, created under President Ulysses S. Grant. Its purpose was to allow Union sympathizers who had lived in the Southern states during the American Civil War , 1861–1865, to apply for reimbursements for property ...