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Great Basin Historical Society Museum

museum, Delta, United States
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The Great Basin Historical Society Museum is located in Delta, Utah, a city founded in 1906. The museum, established in 1989, is a significant local attraction. It features a restored barracks from the Topaz Relocation Center, an internment camp used during World War II to confine Japanese Americans. The Great Basin itself is a large, arid region in western North America characterized by north-south trending mountain blocks and intervening valleys. This area is home to Indigenous peoples who traditionally lived as hunters and gatherers in mobile, kin-based bands.123

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