Letter from Edward Hawkins
Medicine – November 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
ODE TO ALL THE FINE DOCTORS
A Veteran’s Thoughts on Quiet Evenings
By Edward Hawkins
World War II — U. S. Merchant Marine
Medicine
Where should the hospital go?
Essay by Ed Quillen
Medicine – April 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
THE HOT TOPIC in Salida these days is a new hospital. It’s a topic for Central Colorado as well, since the facility is not just the “Salida Hospital” of days gone by, but the “Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center” whose region includes all of Chaffee County, Saguache County down to Villa Grove and Saguache, and into the Howard area of Frémont County. That’s the “Hospital District,” which has an elected board to collect property taxes and oversee operations.
Salida’s Railroad Legacy
Sidebar by Ed Quillen
Medicine – April 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
In 1885, Salida was well on its way to becoming the center of Colorado’s main transportation network – the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.
Trains from every direction once passed through Salida. To the east the tracks ran to the Royal Gorge, Cañon City, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver.