Mother Joseph
Item
Title
Mother Joseph
Description
When Spokane Falls was a raw, wild frontier town, the sole source of medical advice was the Almanac. Riding to fetch a doctor was often a two or three day trip. Terrible epidemics were common and all that helpless families could do was wait. Germs and antiseptics were unknown. In the case of an operation, a large amount of strong whiskey was as good as anything known.
Then in ApriI, 1886, Mother Joseph and Sister Joseph, French-Canadian Sisters of Providence, came to Spokane on the Northern Pacific Railway. They stayed at the California House, and drew up the plans for Sacred Heart Hospital on the hotel dining
table. A two-block piece of, land on the south river bank was purchased for $2,000. That July, the cornerstone was laid for Spokane's first hospital, and the work was underway.
Sacred Heart Hospital
Then in ApriI, 1886, Mother Joseph and Sister Joseph, French-Canadian Sisters of Providence, came to Spokane on the Northern Pacific Railway. They stayed at the California House, and drew up the plans for Sacred Heart Hospital on the hotel dining
table. A two-block piece of, land on the south river bank was purchased for $2,000. That July, the cornerstone was laid for Spokane's first hospital, and the work was underway.
Sacred Heart Hospital
Date
1975
Rights
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