Quote
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.~George Carlin
Did you know?
Fraser, Colorado at 8880 feet above sea level is often the coldest spot in the country. Fraser and International Falls, Minn. both claim to be "The Ice Box of the Nation." Fraser has a recorded low temperature of -57 degrees and a growing season of 4 days, and year around frost.
Women Doctors Who Made a Difference
Weather forecast for tonight: dark.~George Carlin
Did you know?
Fraser, Colorado at 8880 feet above sea level is often the coldest spot in the country. Fraser and International Falls, Minn. both claim to be "The Ice Box of the Nation." Fraser has a recorded low temperature of -57 degrees and a growing season of 4 days, and year around frost.
Women Doctors Who Made a Difference
Susan Anderson was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1870. Her family moved to Cripple Creek, Colorado. She went to medical school at University of Michigan. While she was there Susan contracted tuberculosis at medical school. She returned to Colorado whose climate was thought to be helpful for easing the symptoms of TB. Susan Anderson, M.D. set up practices in Denver, and later Greeley, but patients were reluctant to visit. She worked as a nurse for six years, but her tuberculosis got worse.
Susan felt a colder drier climate would help. She chose to move to Fraser, Colorado, which meant a train trip that required crossing Corona Pass, 11,500 feet. (As a personal note, I have fished near the foundation of the hotel on top of Corona Pass where train passengers spent the night. The size of the foundation led me to believe that the hotel was very small indeed.)
In Fraser, Anderson's reputation spread and she became known as Doc Susie. She began treating ranchers, and occasionally one of their cows, not an unknown practice at the time. During the many years that "Doc Susie” practiced in the high mountains of Grand County, one of her busiest times was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19. Like people all over the world, Fraser locals also became sick in great numbers, and Dr. Anderson found herself rushing from one deathbed to the next.
Another busy time for her was when the six-mile Moffat Tunnel was being built through the Rocky Mountains. Not long after construction began, she found herself treating numerous men who were injured during construction. During this time, she was also asked to become the Grand County Coroner, a position that enabled her to confront the Tunnel Commission regarding working conditions and accidents. In the five years it took to complete the tunnel, there were an estimated 19 who died and hundreds injured.
Susan Anderson, M.D., who had been Grand County's main medical resource for decades, died in Denver in 1960. She was a doctor who made a difference.
Nonsense
What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a 4-leaf clover?
A rash of good luck.
What happens when frogs park illegally?
They get toad.
What has 6 eyes but can't see?
3 blind mice
.
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Susan felt a colder drier climate would help. She chose to move to Fraser, Colorado, which meant a train trip that required crossing Corona Pass, 11,500 feet. (As a personal note, I have fished near the foundation of the hotel on top of Corona Pass where train passengers spent the night. The size of the foundation led me to believe that the hotel was very small indeed.)
In Fraser, Anderson's reputation spread and she became known as Doc Susie. She began treating ranchers, and occasionally one of their cows, not an unknown practice at the time. During the many years that "Doc Susie” practiced in the high mountains of Grand County, one of her busiest times was during the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19. Like people all over the world, Fraser locals also became sick in great numbers, and Dr. Anderson found herself rushing from one deathbed to the next.
Another busy time for her was when the six-mile Moffat Tunnel was being built through the Rocky Mountains. Not long after construction began, she found herself treating numerous men who were injured during construction. During this time, she was also asked to become the Grand County Coroner, a position that enabled her to confront the Tunnel Commission regarding working conditions and accidents. In the five years it took to complete the tunnel, there were an estimated 19 who died and hundreds injured.
Susan Anderson, M.D., who had been Grand County's main medical resource for decades, died in Denver in 1960. She was a doctor who made a difference.
Nonsense
What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a 4-leaf clover?
A rash of good luck.
What happens when frogs park illegally?
They get toad.
What has 6 eyes but can't see?
3 blind mice
.
Book News
I have sent Two Miles High and Six Feet Under to five Beta readers. Their Thoughts and Opinions will be one more step in finishing the writing and getting to the marketing phase.
Comments
Please leave your comments, questions, and suggestions in the "Comments" section below or in the menu item "Contact Us." Really, we would like to hear from you.