Yerington Monday: Yerington History--The Two Brothers
Robert Delos Smith, M.D. moved his family to Yerington from Chicago in 1904 so he could practice medicine. They had a very good practice and he had helped build a hospital. Dr. Smith went on a trip to a medical convention by train at the end of September 1913. When he arrived in Denver, Colorado he wired home for his bathrobe as he was starting a cold. He developed pneumonia and on October 2, 1913 he died.
His brother Judson G R Smith was working as a Pharmacist and was Yerington’s 1st elected Mayor, but only for a short time. The family eventually moved in 1916 to Berkeley, California.
Julia Maria Patch Smith Ward (1875 - 1954) Julia, Baby Harlin and Dr. Robert Smith, 1907.
Spring 1910 - Artemisia Hospital Dr. Robert Delos Smith's Artemisia Hospital located in Yerington, Nevada
1913 Mason Hospital Mason Hospital (now at 17 Broadway, Yerington, Nevada)
Judson G R Smith (1st Mayor) Holding Catherine L. Smith on Cloudy Day in August 1914
Judson G. R. Smith Yerington's 1st Mayor
Comments
- Nikki Newell Bryan My dad was born in 1926 in that hospital when it was in Mason.
- Nikki Newell Bryan I think the building has been converted to apartments now. It used to be called Mason Valley Lodge (or maybe still is).
- Mary Burns "Chair" where were these old buildings located?? and thank you for getting all of the Pizen Switchers fired up with your Y. town posts .. lv,mb
Susan Wommack Thank you Chere, these pictures are amazing and I love reading the history of Yerington, or Pizen Switch as it use to be called.
