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Flagstaff Medical Center is a major regional hospital and former level II trauma center [1] in Flagstaff, Arizona. The hospital was founded in 1936 by Dr. Charles Sechrist as Flagstaff Hospital, with 25 beds, and was donated to the community of Flagstaff in 1955. [2] Though the hospital failed verification by the American College of Surgeons in ...
The origins of the town name of Flagstaff came about when on July 4, 1855, a surveyor for the Santa Fe Railroad by the name of Samuel Clark Hudson, accompanied by his team, climbed a tall pine tree and tied a flag. [1] Flagstaff's early economy was based on the lumber, railroad, and ranching industries. The Riordan family were a pioneering ...
During the 1880s, Flagstaff began to grow, with the early economy based on timber, sheep, and cattle. [22] By 1886, Flagstaff was the largest city on the railroad line between Albuquerque and the west coast of the United States. [33] In this year, it had a population of 600 and "more saloons than all other businesses combined". [34]
Sisters of Mercy Hospital (today called St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center) opens in Phoenix. [55] In Phoenix, the New York Store is opened by Sam Korrick; [73] Nathan and Isaac Diamond open the Boston Store; and Baron Goldwater opens a branch of his Flagstaff store, M. Goldwater and Brothers. [55] 1896 The Adams Hotel opens in Phoenix. [73]
Flagstaff (/ ˈ f l æ ɡ. s t æ f / FLAG-staf) is the county seat of Coconino County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 76,831. Flagstaff is the principal city of the Flagstaff metropolitan area, which includes all of Coconino County, and has a population of
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The largest hospitals, based on beds, is the Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix with 712 beds. There is a hospital run by the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Arizona Department of Health maintains a list of trauma centers in Arizona.