On my last long drive up to CO, I took a bit of a detour. I went across hwy 50 through the western part of the state. I stopped at a place called Amache, it's near a little town called Granada and about 70 years ago, the US imprisoned thousands of people there without due process.
It was pretty sad in more ways than the normal. Driving in off the highway, there was a small brown sign - "Amache camp" and an arrow to the left. Like it was some kind of kids play area. When I got there, no gate, or any kind of monument. There was a small visitor area with some info panels about the people and the place, and some historical references to the war. I drove up into the prison(camp) and looked around with my kids. I wanted them to remember this. I would bet that of the younger generation, only about 20% even know about the Japanese internment during WWII.
We left, and kept driving west, but it stuck with me. My kids never mentioned it again. I had several hours of driving to think on it. There is no way to get there by comm plane without driving. There's a small dirt strip a dozen miles away, has maybe seen a plane once in the past 5 years. Lamar is 15 miles away to the west. Without driving you really can't get there.
