City of Las Vegas First Hospital Historical Plaque
May 12, 2011
On May 15, 1905 Las Vegas was established although the area was inhabited well before that. The first 'hospital' was an 8-foot by 10-foot tent at Stewart Avenue and Third Street erected for the railroad workers in 1904. The first doctor (chief surgeon) was Dr. Royce (Roy) Martin, Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad. A second tent was errected at Eighth Street and Ogden Avenue. The first doctor at that tent hospital was Dr. Halle Hewertson, the surgeon for the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. The doctors worked together providing medical care for the railroad workers.
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