The Pikes Peak Region has long been known for its clean air and comforting sunshine—both formed a basis for a booming health care and resort industry during the early twentieth century. The Fifth Annual Pikes Peak Regional History Symposium, “Doctors, Disease and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region” tells the stories of the early days of medical practices, the pioneering physicians who saved so many lives, and the diseases that took so many more.

Part one - Welcome and opening remarks: Calvin P. Otto and Paula Miller; “Introduction to Doctors, Disease and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region” by Michael Olsen; “From Pike to Fitzsimons: U.S. Army Doctors in Colorado - 1806-1921,” by John Hutchins; “’and the Patient Recovered’ - Medical practice on the Santa Fe Trail and Bent’s Fort,” by Don Headlee; “Nurse…? Nurse…? Do I Have A Nurse? The Evolution of the Colorado Conference Deaconess Hospital and Training School for Nurses,” by Joanne Ruth. Part two - “Haute for Health – The Women Who Fashioned Health and Caring for Individuals and Communities in the West, 1870-1970,” by Lynn Gilfillan-Morton; “Justina Ford, Medical Pioneer,” by Joyce B. Lohse; “Trooper! Boswell P. Anderson, M.D.,” by Bob Hoff. Part three - “Taking the Manitou Cure with Dr. Basil Creighton ,” by Deborah Harrison; “Lester L. Williams, M. D., Healer, Humanitarian, and Historian,” by Ed Bathke. Part four - John Stansfield as Dr. Charles Fox Gardiner - A Doctor at Timberline; “Spencer & Julie Penrose: Cancer Treatment in the Pikes Peak Area ,” by Nita Peters. Part five - “On A Cough and a Prayer: The Modern Woodmen of America Sanitarium,” by Matt Mayberry; “Death is the Poor Man's Doctor: Caring for the Destitute in Colorado Springs ,” by Leah Davis Witherow; “Closing summary,” by Michael Olsen.

Doctors, Disease & Dying in the Pikes Peak Region by Pikes Peak Library District, Multimedia and Production Studio
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