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Were these originally from the Tule Lake internment camp across the state line in California? I know at the end of the war the barracks were sold off to homesteaders and a number are still in use in the area.

Very good question. I don't know where they were originally and I am not sure that we have any information in our archive about the management or design of the camps. That information *might* be in the Extension Service Records, though those records are usually reports from the Extension agents who were in the field.

It seems the most likely camp, given the location? As a side note, Kevin Miyazaki, a photographer based here in Milwaukee, has been working on a project documenting the current use of the surviving Tule Lake barracks www.kevinmiyazaki.com/ (see "Camp Home" under the "Personal Projects" section - there's a horizontal scroll bar under the section text to view the photos). Both his father's family and my mother's family were interned there.

Thank you for point me to this site, Miyazaki's pictures are amazing!

Been meaning to post these links - this is the Tule Lake barrack building on display at the local history museum in Tulelake, CA (though I think all the camps had very similar architecture)

Hey, just want to say thank you for making excellent photos like this available. As an Extension forester, I use this photo in talks about Extension and the land grant university system like this one, delivered in March 2011 to a visiting group of Chinese forestry professionals. -eli

Hi Eli- From one Land Grant U to another, thanks! Tiah

Thanks so much for these wonderful photos!!! W. K. Farrell (William King) is my grandpa! Ali McKenzie

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Oregon State Downtowns (OSD), and we'd love to have this added to the group! It is amazing, these old photographs that depict such towns. Town history is really interesting to me, and this is neat to see. Thank you for uploading online. Also, trying to get a representation of as many Oregon towns as possible in this group, so would appreciate it if you added this, or any others you would want.

Thanks OSD! Can you send us an invite to add the photo to your group?

You already sent the photo to our group. Thank you.

This is not the town of Blitzen. This is, in fact, the town of Denio on the OR/NV border.