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	Poston, Arizona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poston is a census-designated place (CDP) in La Paz County, Arizona in the United States of America.
		Poston was the site in World War II of one of the United States' largest Japanese internment camps, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were held over a three-year period.
		Poston is located at 33°59′25″N, 114°24′4″W (33.990348, -114.401052)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poston,_Arizona (417 words)

	POSTON
		Poston I was completed in less than three weeks and Poston II and III within 120 days.
		Poston I, the largest of the three camps, was the farthest north.
		At Poston I, a factory that produced camouflage nets and ship models used as training aids for the Navy was operated from fall 1942 to May 1943.
	www.javadc.org /poston.htm (1772 words)

	National Park Service: Confinement and Ethnicity (Chapter 10)
		The Poston or Colorado River Relocation Center was located in La Paz County, Arizona, 12 miles south of the town of Parker.
		Poston was directly responsible for the establishment, in 1865, of the Colorado River Reservation, where the center is located (Figure 10.1).
		Guard towers were not constructed at Poston, as they were at the other relocation centers; here they were considered unnecessary because of the isolated location, in the desert at the end of a road.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/anthropology74/ce10.htm (593 words)

	Poston
		Poston was named after Charles Debrille Poston, the first Superintendent for Indian Affairs in AZ.
		Poston Relocation Center consisted of three separate camps at 5-mile intervals (Poston I, II, III - nicknamed by internees Roasten, Toasten, and Dustin).
		Along Mohave Road at Poston I, there is a large monument (dedicated on Oct. 6, 1992) and kiosk interpretive information discussing relocation history, Japanese American military service and the CRIT Reservation.
	www.nps.gov /manz/ccposton.htm (757 words)

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		Charles Debrille Poston was a man of considerable talent, high ambition, possessed of a glib tongue and a zest for living that served him well through much of his life.
		Poston assembled a company of Texans in San Antonio and rode with them to Tubac in the summer of 1856.
		Poston was a gracious host, and guests included travelers of all stripes, educated engineers and scientists working with the mining operation, graduates of American and European universities.
	www.tucsoncitizen.com /print/local/062705a2_poston (1134 words)

	Poston Relocation Camp
		Poston was the only camp to administered by the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) (until late 1943) rather than the War Relocation Authority (WRA).
		Poston was named after Charles Poston, the "Father of Arizona".
		One of the most intensively studied camps, Poston housed a social science laboratory under the leadership of Alexander Leighton while under the OIA in addition to having WRA community analysts, and Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study fieldworkers.
	www.csuohio.edu /art_photos/poston/poston.html (744 words)

	CHAPTER VII. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TREATMENT OF ARIZONA.
		Poston was known lovingly to his contemporaries, did all that was possible for one in his position, and secured from an unwilling government everything possible for Arizona.
		Poston presented the memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Arizona, asking of Congress an appropriation of $150,009 for placing the Indians of the Colorado on a reservation; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
		Poston, by unanimous consent, introduced a bill for the organization of the Territory of Arizona into a land district; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
	southwest.library.arizona.edu /hav3/body.1_div.7.html (9097 words)

	Poston Florist \| Flower Delivery Poston, Arizona (AZ) \| Florists in Poston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The population of Poston is approximately 480 (1990).
		Poston is positioned 33.95 degrees north of the equator and 114.41 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		Our Poston, Arizona florist directory is provided through a strategic partnership with Regional Direct.com, which has established partnerships with the most reliable, customer service-driven area Poston florist and florists in Arizona, including Poston, Arizona.
	www.albanywebsites.com /ex/asp/city.Poston-Florida-Florist-AZ/CityId.5493/xe/florists-flower-delivery.htm (180 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles Debrill Poston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		A subsequent mining enterprise undertaken by Poston in Arizona was abandoned (1861) after five years because of Apache wars.
		An advocate of territorial organization for Arizona, he was appointed (1863) superintendent of Indian affairs and served (1864–65) as the first delegate to Congress from the new territory.
		In 1925 a monument was erected to his memory on Poston's Butte near Florence, Ariz. Among his writings are Europe in the Summer-Time (1868), The Sun Worshipers of Asia (1877), and Apache Land (1878).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Poston-C.html (259 words)

	Le Pera Elementary School - Poston, Arizona / AZ - school information
		Note: The Arizona Department of Education is not releasing 2004-2005 MAP results to the public because this a transition year for the MAP.
		In 2004-2005 Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) was used to test students' skills in reading, writing and mathematics in grades 3 through 8, and in grade 10.
		The different subgoups are identified by the Arizona Department of Education; if there are less than a sufficient number of students in a particular group in a school, the state may not report data for that group.
	www.greatschools.net /modperl/achievement/az/337 (971 words)

	Florence Arizona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Florence is located in Central Arizona at the junction of State Highway 70 and State Highway 287, just south of Phoenix.
		The most influential act was when he secured the territorial government for Arizona while working in Washington, D.C. He later returned to Arizona and became Superintendent of Indian Affairs, the first delegate to Congress and then consular agent in Nogales.
		After Poston died in 1925, he was buried at Poston’s Butte just outside of Florence at a grave marked with a large pyramidal rock monument.
	www.arizonan.com /Florence (1800 words)

	(GC7A93) Temple to the Sun by LazyK - Dan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Because of his role in convincing Congress to create the territory of Arizona, he is known as the "Father of Arizona".
		Poston was a strong advocate for territorial status.
		Appointed Indian agent on the creation of the Territory of Arizona, Poston soon got into some still-unspecified trouble over his bookkeeping methods, whereby federal dollars wound up in his bank account, and off he went to India to bide his time until things cooled down.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.asp?ID=31379 (672 words)

	Out There: RV Odyssey (September 26 - October 2, 1996)
		Beneath the stones capping the butte lies Charles Poston, the "Father of Arizona." Poston was a promoter of Arizona before it was a state or even a territory and, during his brief periods of political favor, was an important element in putting the state on the map.
		Poston's tenure as a no-charge marriage-maker came to an abrupt halt when Catholic Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy of Santa Fe found out about it, writes Marshall Trimble in Arizoniana: Stories From Old Arizona.
		The penniless Poston was never able to make it happen, but a group of concerned citizens did move his body up there in 1925, 23 years after he died.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/09-26-96/outthere.htm (702 words)

	Japanese Internment Camps in Arizona
		In Arizona, two camps were established, the Gila River Relocation Camp, and the Poston Relocation Camp.
		Gila River, Arizona: Personal Accounts of Japanese Americans in a World War II Concentration Camp.by Young, Allyson K. And Justice For All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps.
		The Japanese Concentration Camp at Poston, Arizona: City in the Sun.
	jeff.scott.tripod.com /japanese.html (608 words)

	Eric L. Muller, A Penny For Their Thoughts: Draft Resistance At The Poston Relocation Center, 68 Law & Contemp. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Poston's was the largest draft resistance of any of the camps: one hundred and seven young men refused either induction or a preinduction physical.
		Although many of the Poston resisters may have been legally wrong in their resolution of that dilemma, the government was legally and morally wrong to have created it in the first place.
		Poston's Family Welfare Section, which gathered data on these expatriation requests and the reasons behind them, concluded that for many Nisei, the draft was the government demand that caused years of resentment and anger over discrimination and incarceration to crystallize into action.
	www.law.duke.edu /journals/lcp/articles/lcp68dspring2005p119.htm (13566 words)

	Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame 1949 Inductees
		The founder of the first newspaper in Arizona, though not an eminent journalist, was thought to be deserving of the first place in the Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame.
		Poston’s account said that “Wrightson was killed by the Apaches in the spring of 1864 near Ft. Buchanan.
		He was willing to wait until there were more people in Arizona who would be capable of reading and writing and understanding what it would mean to participate intelligently in government, before having the area organized as a territory.
	www.ananews.com /Foundation/Hall/HOF1949Wrightson.htm (1334 words)

	Charles Poston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Charles Poston built the first fire temple in the United States in 1878.
		For this reason, Charles Poston is known as the "father of Arizona." Afterwards, Poston became one of the first Arizona delegates to Congress.
		People then mocked the temple calling it "Poston's Folly." Today, however, the fire temple is known as "Poston's Butte." In 1925, some 23 years after Charles Poston's death, he was buried at the summit of his beloved "Poston's Butte," which is still stands today.
	www.zoroastriankids.com /1878.html (182 words)

	Into the Whirlwind: Japanese American Memories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In July 1942, she was sent to Camp #2 in Poston, Arizona, and she stayed in Barrick 22 in Block 222.
		Her family was forced through the Salinas Assembly Center and later to Camp #2 in Poston, Arizona.
		She was sent to the Salinas Assembly Center and then to Poston, Arizona.
	valariekaur.blogspot.com /2005/07/japanese-american-memories.html (1193 words)

	Journal of San Diego History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Poston III was the smallest of the three Poston camps whose evacuee population never exceeded three thousand.
		Poston II held a maximum of 5,952 and Poston I, was the largest camp with a maximum population of 9,483.
		Poston Chronicle, 25 December 1944; Taylor, Jewel of the Desert, 207; A field station of the Los Angeles WRA Field Office was opened in April, 1945 on Illinois Street in San Diego.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/96summer/nikkei.htm (14986 words)

	Poston Arizona Process Servers - ServeNow.com
		The Poston Arizona process servers on ServeNow.com offer a number of services related to civil procedure and service of process aside from just legal document delivery in Poston.
		Poston Process Servers make daily trips to County Courts, Arizona County Clerks, Poston Municipal Courts, Poston Criminal Courts, Arizona Supreme Courts and Arizona Courts of Appeals.
		Service of process is the delivery of these Arizona legal documents such as summons, complaints, subpoenas, orders to show cause, writs and other court documents.
	www.serve-now.com /process-server/Arizona/Poston (417 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Facility Name: The Dune Company of Poston, Arizona Poston, AZ 85371 Parent Company: RMP Facility ID: 100000014628 Submission Receipt Date: 03/20/2003 (This set of RMP executive summaries was created from data that were last updated on 4/28/2005).
		The Dune Company of Poston emergency response policy involves the preparation of response plans which are tailored to the facility and to the emergency response services available in the community.
		Dune Company of Poston will fully implement the RMP and will initiate appropriate changes as needed to maintain a safe operation.
	www.rtk.net /rmp/sum7/AZ/fac100000014628 (410 words)

	More theories about how Arizona got its name \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		In a 1990 article, Finch said Poston credited William Claude Jones, another supporter of having a Territorial government separate from New Mexico, as the first to write the name "Arizona" on a petition.
		The word "Arizona" coming from a combination of Pima Indian words "aleh" and "zon" is also in question.
		The earliest written documentation of the name Arizona was in the 18th century by a Basque ranch owner.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/caliente/43005.php (296 words)

	Alibris: Poston
		Ted Poston: Pioneer American Journalist is the life story of the first African American reporter to spend his career at a mainstream daily.
		After college Ted Poston (1906-1974) worked as a railroad porter but soon found his calling in journalism, first as a columnist for the fl weekly Pittsburgh Courier and later as city editor of Harlem's...
		Ted Poston (1906-1974) was the first African American reporter to spend his career at a major metropolitan daily.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Poston (906 words)

	JAOHP G-L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wartime Parker, Arizona resident reminisces on the town’s reaction to Poston War Relocation Center, growth of area since 1940, his personal reaction to the camp, his thoughts on the internees’ development of agriculture in the area.
		An Arizona resident since 1927 and retired employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs describes the Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona; personal and community reaction to it; layout of camp; construction of barracks; development of irrigation project; farming by internees; Italian and German prisoners of war in area, and closing of the camp.
		Longtime Arizona resident and businessman in Parker, Arizona since 1941 comments upon personal and community reaction to nearby Poston War Relocation Center; the building of the camp; facilities for internees; impact of the camp on the town of Parker; and the necessity for the evacuation.
	coph.fullerton.edu /jaohp_g-l.htm (1399 words)

	Poston
		Poston is the 3,368th most popular last name (surname) in the United States; frequency is 0.004%; percentile is 58.454 [SourceCBN]
		Poston, Arizona, United States [CDP]; population was 480 in 1990; housing units was 158 in 1990; location is 33°58'N 114°25'W; land area is 7.11 square miles (4,552 acres); FIPS code is 57170 [SourceCBP]
		Poston, Arizona, United States [Place] is in Yuma County; location is 33°59'26"N 114°23'44"W [SourceGSP]
	www.placesnamed.com /P/o/poston.asp (120 words)

	Casa Grande Ruins NM: An Administrative History (Bibliography)
		In this letter, Poston gives a description of the Great House and suggests that there should be an archeological excavation of the ruin.
		Hooper discusses the early photographers of Arizona and the distribution of those photographs.
		The authors conclude that a major cause of death of the monument mesquite came from the declining water table.
	www.nps.gov /cagr/adhi/adhib.htm (2755 words)

	Poston, Arizona 1942-1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shinji Dote had been the moving force behind the club for many years, and though retired, was both a permanent honorary member of the board of directors and an honorary member of the club for life.
		On my last visit to the club, before moving to Tucson, Arizona, Dote and I happened to be sitting across from each other at one of the club's long tables, watching a neighboring game.
		Dote didn't talk to me much, but this day he turned, looked at me and said, "So you are moving to Arizona.
	artmuseum.arizona.edu /mfa/artists/scott/post/post1.html (158 words)

	poston.html
		This is a sketch of a typical girl and boy in Poston.
		This was probably the main problem in the concentration camp for Japanese Americans at Poston, Arizona.
		Matsuoka was one of the people who was sent to the internment camp of Poston, Arizona.
	www.fremont.k12.ca.us /chadbourne/sullivan/poston/poston.html (589 words)

	Public Anthropology
		This report discusses the development of the Poston, Arizona community in 1942.
		The second is an account of plans for the organization of research at Poston.
		The third is a record of his impressions, derived from interviews and from participation in camp life, dealing with the development of the community among the Japanese-American evacuees.
	www.publicanthropology.org /Archive/HO1942.htm (8572 words)

	Guide to the U. S. War Relocation Authority: Finding Aid
		Sophomore class, Poston High School Primitive Time, scrapbook, handwritten and illustrated, n.d.
		Poston Summer Demonstration Class, Causes of the War, typescript, 1943 Sep 3
		Poston High School Junior Red Cross, Out of the Desert, History and Set-up of Poston, mimeographed, hand illustrated, 1943 Feb-Jun
	mssa.library.yale.edu /findaids/stream.php?xmlfile=mssa.ms.0803.xml (205 words)

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