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1902: New hospital in Nome treats prospectors, Alaska Natives
Catholic missionaries from Canada, the Sisters of Providence, establish the Holy Cross Hospital in Nome, where thousands have moved to prospect for gold. The Sisters of Providence provide health care to Native peoples at all their hospitals.
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- Medicine Ways
- Region
- Arctic
Holy Cross Hospital, Nome, Alaska
Courtesy O.D. Goetze, O.D. Goetze Collection; Anchorage Museum