Blog note: This is a new series called, Field Notes, which are seedling posts that focus on research topics of interest. The information listed here is a work in progress.
An aerial photo of the US Air Force Medical Facility at Nellis Air Force Base, North Las Vegas, NV between 1970-1979. Facility would later be renamed the Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center. (Photo credit: pho008600. North Las Vegas Library Photograph Collection on North Las Vegas, Nevada. PH-00277. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1707wp4b.)
Back in the summer of 2025, I started exploring the history of hospital and healthcare infrastructure in early Las Vegas. I caught the bug, while perusing through a mystery book donation of the second edition to 150 years of Nevada medicine (and more) : Nevada's men and women healers(2024) by Dr. Anton P. Sohn and R.M. Daugherty. Below is my attempt at creating a rough timeline of when hospitals opened between 1904-1972. 👉 For the visual version, check out my conference poster.
Hospital/Healthcare Facility Timeline*
*This list is not exhaustive and still being researched. Changes added over time will be inthis font style.
Tent Hospital for Union Pacific Railroad Workers, San Pedro - Los Angeles - Salt Lake Railway Company, Las Vegas (not yet incorporated), NV, 1904
Las Vegas Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, 1931
Clark County Indigent Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, 1931
Six Companies Hospital, Boulder City, NV, November 15, 1931 [1]
Basic Magnesium, Inc. Hospital, Henderson, NV, 1942
North Las Vegas Medical Center, North Las Vegas, NV, 1960
US Air Force Medical Facility, North Las Vegas, NV 1963
Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, 1958
Women's Hospital, Las Vegas, NV, 1961
Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV, 1972
