History The place was originally called Wi:kidoʼyoʼ in Yavapai.http://www.ansac.az.gov/UserFiles/PDF/10132015/C028_SLD-AG%20Supplement%202/298%20-%20Gifford,%20Northeastern%20and%20Western%20Yavapai.pdf A local legend holds that the English name came from a runaway boy with the last name of Mayer. From May to June 1942, 245 Japanese Americans were confined at the Mayer Assembly Center, one of 17 temporary detention camps built to hold Japanese Americans removed from the West Coast after the U.S. entered World War II. The 69 families were mostly from Maricopa County's Salt River Valley area, and lived in military-style barracks on the converted Civilian Conservation Corps camp for just under a month before being transferred to the more permanent and isolated internment camp at Poston, Arizona.Masumoto, Marie. "Mayer (detention facility)" Densho Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
History The place was originally called Wikidoʼyoʼ in Yavapaihttp//wwwansacazgov/UserFiles/PDF/10132015/C028_SLD-AG%20Supplement%202/298%20-%20Gifford%20Northeastern%20and%20Western%20Yavapaipdf A local legend holds that the English name came from a runaway boy with the last name of Mayer From May to June 1942 245 Japanese Americans were confined at the Mayer Assembly Center one of 17 temporary detention camps built to hold Japanese Americans removed from the West Coast after the US entered World War II The 69 families were mostly from Maricopa County's Salt River Valley area and lived in military-style barracks on the converted Civilian Conservation Corps camp for just under a month before being transferred to the more permanent and isolated internment camp at Poston ArizonaMasumoto Marie "Mayer (detention facility)" Densho Encyclopedia Retrieved June 23 2014