Black plaque № 17763

San Angelo, TX, United States

St. John's Hospital. In 1909, San Angelo had a population of 15,000 and no hospital to serve the needs of its people. That year the San Angelo Business Club, forerunner of the Chamber of Commerce, appealed to the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word of San Antonio for help in establishing a hosp

ital. The Roman Catholic religious order had founded several sanitariums throughout the state since coming to Texas in 1866. Land at this site, then several miles east of the city, was secured, and a

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