JORDANELLE STATE PARK, Utah — The space where the Jordanelle Reservoir now sits was once Keetley Farm during World War II.
It became a refuge for a group of Japanese Americans who transformed Keetley into productive farmland in an effort to avoid internment camps.
Mary Wada Roath recalled some of the stories about her parents making the journey to Keetley farm from California.
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She said her parents were cutting it close, arriving at Keetley right before the deadline of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066…