CCC built barracks because some projects lasted years, like state parks with lakes. The spillway at Beed's Lake NW of Hampton is spectacular, no concrete, all stone stacked carefully.

There were multiple POW camps in Iowa and I presume all over the US during WW2. There are histories on line like: http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000334

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Camp-Algona-POW-Museum/513950378622547

I visited that museum last summer.

https://algonanativityscene.omeka.net/

Googling Algona POW only turned up 28,300 hits.

There is some Eldora history on line too. I think I saw an exhibit about the POW camp at the county historical museum on the north side of town when I found it open once last year. And maybe it was at a county fair a couple years ago.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Civilian-Conservation-CorpsPOW-Rec-Hall/161200084074566

Gerald J.