Posted 9/28/2012 22:36 (#2613865 - in reply to #2612069) Subject: RE: Eldora,Iowa had German prisoners also.
central Iowa
Housed them in old CCC camp located on Hardin County fairgrounds. One building still remains and is being renovated.
Prisoners were trucked to farms to harvest crops, one of which was hemp for rope. Hemp mill was in neighboring town,
Grundy Center.