Boulder City Hospital
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MS.22 - Box 1 of 1: Boulder City Hospital patient register
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The Boulder City Hospital opened on November 15, 1931, as the Six Companies Hospital, operated by the contractor who built Hoover Dam. When the dam was finished in 1935, Six Companies closed the hospital, and Boulder citizens needing hospital care had to drive into Las Vegas. The National Park Service took over the old hospital building in 1938 for use as a museum and headquarters, but left it in 1941. In 1943, the U. S. Health Service reopened the Boulder City Hospital and operated it until 1949, when the Bureau of Reclamation assumed control. By 1954, the hospital was losing money, and the Bureau ordered it closed unless Boulder City residents could raise $15,000 to operate it themselves. On February 25, 1954, citizens mounted a "Save the Hospital" campaign and had raised enough money by March 18 to operate the hospital. A new hospital opened on Adams Boulevard on December 8, 1973. In 1976, the Episcopalian Sisters of Charity bought the old Six Companies hospital building as a retreat house, which was dedicated on April 5, 1981. On April 1, 1982, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * * *Collection
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