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A Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Talihina, Oklahoma, dated December 1924. This map documents the Choctaw-Chickasaw Sanatorium (shown left on map) and the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium (shown right on map), located on the Winding Stair Mountain range…

In 1939, four registered nurses supervised a staff of 34 practical nurses who cared for sanatorium patients.  Pictured left to right: Mary Van Harris, operating supervisor; Evelyn McCullough, supervisor of men's wards; Grace Lee Coshow, chief…

Surgical staff operating on a patient. In the top photo, Dr. F. P. Baker, sanatorium superintendent and chief surgeon, performs the operation.  Assisting him across the table is Dr. G. A. Rogers.  Administering the anesthesia is Dr. W. D. Rosborough.…

"Notes on Being a Patient at Talihina" written by Dorothy Macomb Fowler in April 2010. Dorothy and her sister, Helen, were 6 and 10 years old, respectively, when they were institutionalized at the Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium in September…

Complete edition of Mountain Air dated March 1956, Volume 32-Number 3. One of the articles in this edition, "Bed Rest The Basic Prescription," acknowledges the profound effect of antibiotic drugs in the treatment of tuberculosis, but it does not…

In ruins today, the building is located west of the pond and was described by Minnie Wagoner’s report as follows: with the completion in 1936 of a modern brick building to replace the former cramped, small milk house, the institution had one of the…

The former Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium now operates as the Oklahoma Veterans Center-Talihina Division and the site consists of seventeen (17) buildings, four (4) structures and one (1) site. Located three miles northwest of Talihina off…

The Harper Building is the first building that visitors see when arriving at the site. Although in poor condition today, the Harper building is still impressive given its classic style, momumental size, and symmetry. Constructed of red brick and…

In fair conditiion, the hospital is unoccupied and appears to be undergoing interior renovation. Built with PWA funds, its Moderne design and construction materials contribute to the cohesive appearance of the buildings on the site. The combination…

The 1932 Infirmary was built for women only with an 80-bed capacity to care for more advanced patients and was used as a receiving ward. It replaced the wood frame pavilion, but the date of the pavilion demolition has not been been determined. In…