As early as 1923 the idea of
a non-denominational, non-profit community hospital
was promoted by civic-minded citizens. By January
of 1924, that idea had jelled into an informally
organized Hospital Committee.
After much discussion about where to locate
a hospital, the committee turned its sights to
property overlooking Fairground Park (now Capaha
Park), the site for the area's annual fall agricultural
exposition. It was to the west, some of the original
incorporators argued, that the city would grow.
That westward expansion, they surmised, would
be prompted by the location of a new public school
in that area (two years later, in 1926, Franklin
School was built). |
