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A | Barracks
A short distance from the Demonstration House is a crumbling stone structure that looks like either a fountain or a small swimming pool. It is, in fact, both fountain and pool. The young women at Camp Capitan used this structure as a “cooling off pool,” according to Forest Service archaeologists.
B | Barbed wire fence & sentry towers
Today, signage exists at Baca Campground to share with visitors the histories of the site. When we visited in December 2021, the sign was ripped—whether by the wind or by the hand of another visitor—such that the part about the Japanese Americans imprisoned at Baca was removed.
Early History
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Camp Capitan, late 1930s. Photo courtesy of the National Archives / Confinement in the Land of Enchantment
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Wartime
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Sketch of Baca Camp by Roy Ebihara. Courtesy of Confinement in the Land of Enchantment
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After Incarceration
In the years after World War II, buildings and other structures were gradually removed from the site—perhaps by local ranchers who put the buildings to other use. Baca Camp / Old Raton Ranch became a Forest Service-run campground for hunters.
In 2013, Adrian Chavez, who grew up in Clovis, NM, learned about what happened to the Japanese American railroad workers in a college class. He lobbied local government to recognize the injustice and also tracked down one of the children who was incarcerated at Baca Camp, Roy Ebihara. In 2014, the Pioneer Days Parade in Clovis was dedicated to the Nikkei who were forcibly removed during the war. Roy Ebihara, Fred Kimura, and Lillie Kimura Kiyowaka returned with relatives to serve as honorary grand marshals in the parade. They also received keys to the city.
Fred and Lily Kimura, 2017.
Photo courtesy of Mark Gutzman / US Forest Service
Today, signage exists at Baca Campground to share with visitors the histories of the site. When we visited in December 2021, the sign was ripped—whether by the wind or by the hand of another visitor—such that the part about the Japanese Americans imprisoned at Baca was removed.
Let’s Dig Deeper
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Works Cited
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