The site was used by the War Department as a Japanese relocation center. The improvements were barracks, an ice house, a mess hall, a hospital, a hog slaughtering facility, a recreation building, an education building, a carpenter shop, a blacksmith shop, a pumphouse, a water tower and tank, garages, storage buildings, oilhouses, latrines, an administration building, gas pumps, a paint shop, roads, roadways, bridges, fences, guard towers, and sewer and water systems.
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