On Guard

Historical marker location:

Hunt, Idaho

( Memorial is on Hunt Road, 0.2 miles west of S1400E.)

Minidoka Internment National Monument. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

In the late 1800s, Idaho experienced a gold rush that attracted thousands of people to the state in search of riches. One of the most famous mining towns was Custer, which was home to more than 15,000 people at its peak but was eventually abandoned after the gold ran out.