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W.P. Armstrong, 5 November 2022
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Manzanar: Relocation Camp For Japanese-American People
Manzanar is a National Park Service Memorial dedicated to all the people imprisoned at this camp. It was a terrible injustice to them. They endured extreme cold (with chill factor), blowing wind & dust storms. I hope all the visitors to this place remember how our government treated its citizens of Japanese ancestry. [Another terrible injustice in U.S. history that should never be forgotten is the treatment of our native Americans.]

Reconstructed kitchen & mess hall at Manzanar with vintage Ford truck.

Although they mostly harvest seeds and grains, these Messor pergandei (now referred to as Veromessor) are feasting on a Werthers butterscotch candy. The workers are polymorphic and have several size variations. Their nest was near the hackberry just west of the Eastern California Museum in Independence. Nests of these shiny black ants were also scattered throughout the desert scrub at Manzanar. They are much larger than the troublesome Argentine ants that invade our homes in San Diego. They do not sting like the red harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex).

  Ants Of Owens Valley & White Mtns. On Wayne's Word  

Jerome, Arkansas: Another Concentration Camp For Japanese-Americans

Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery

Rare Netleaf Hackberry (Celtis reticulata)

A rare native tree in California: Netleaf hackberry (Celtis reticulata) just west of the Eastern California Museum in Independence, California. This small relict population of trees once had a more widespread distribution. Other relict populations occur near Caliente (Kern County), north of Banning (San Bernardino County), and several isolated locations in the mountains of San Diego County. It also grows in Hackberry, Arizona where it is more abundant.

Formerly placed in the elm family (Ulmaceae), DNA evidence has changed its family relationship. It is now placed in the hemp family (Cannabaceae) along with marijuana (Cannabis) and hops (Humulus).

Owens Valley Paiute-Shoshone Cultural Center

  Devil's Claws: Hitchhikers On Big Animals  

Bishop City Park & Image Collage Of Our Group