The claim: Mountain Home, 9,112
What it really is: Mountain Home Air Force Base is a Air Force base that (after looking at it on Google maps) is out in the middle of nowhere.
The only thing there are some farmer fields that surround the base, mountains, housing for base personal and their families, and some buildings that are common with Air Force bases in order to support and maintain the aircraft there.
Showing posts with label Idaho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Idaho. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
The claim: Idaho Falls, 571,800
What it really is: Idaho National Laboratory is a large laboratory facility controlled by the Department of Energy and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance. The facility it self is used in the development of energy systems, including nuclear energy.
What it really is: Idaho National Laboratory is a large laboratory facility controlled by the Department of Energy and operated by Battelle Energy Alliance. The facility it self is used in the development of energy systems, including nuclear energy.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Wilderness areas, Idaho
The claim: Possible location. No data.
What it really is: Due to the sheer fact that there is no data about this, nor is there no general location (just says it is in a wilderness area, which there is a lot of in Idaho) this claim appears to just be made up.
What it really is: Due to the sheer fact that there is no data about this, nor is there no general location (just says it is in a wilderness area, which there is a lot of in Idaho) this claim appears to just be made up.
Clearwater National Forest, Idaho
The claim: Near Lolo Pass - Just miles from the Montana state line near Moose Creek, this unmanned
facility is reported to have a nearby airfield.
facility is reported to have a nearby airfield.
What it really is: Using Google maps in satellite view I can find no airfields in the general area, nor does it appear that an airfield could be put there to begin with due to the terrain.
There is also very little in the way of structures in the area, nor are any of the structures large enough to house a prison camp.
This claim is bogus.
Minidoka/Jerome Counties, Idaho
The claim: WWII Japanese-American internment facility possibly under renovation.
What it really is: The Japanese internment camp that is being refereed to is called the Minidoka National Historic Site, and is formerly known as the Minidoka War Relocation Center.
The site itself was very large, and held over 9,000 people there during World War Two. In 1979 the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2001 it was listed as a National Park, which means that it is open to the public.
In 2006 money was granted by the government to restore the site for historical purposes.
What it really is: The Japanese internment camp that is being refereed to is called the Minidoka National Historic Site, and is formerly known as the Minidoka War Relocation Center.
The site itself was very large, and held over 9,000 people there during World War Two. In 1979 the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2001 it was listed as a National Park, which means that it is open to the public.
In 2006 money was granted by the government to restore the site for historical purposes.
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