Bicentennial Story #3-Dr Stickney-I
Title
Bicentennial Story #3-Dr Stickney-I
Description
Story of the cowboy doctor, Dr. Victor Hugo Stickney, who came to Dickinson from Vermont in 1883.
Date
5/5/1975
12/23/1975
Contributor
Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort
Jack Hjort
Rights
This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.
Format
mp3
Medium
audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape
Language
English
Identifier
BS-003
Spatial Coverage
Dickinson, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
In October 1883, young Doctor Hugo Stickney came to frontier Dickinson from his home in Vermont. He soon became known as the "Cowboy Doctor" for he traveled by horse and buckboard to tend the ranchers for hundreds of miles around. Often he arrived in a cowboys' camp, placed the patient on an inverted wagon box as a table, and operated for a gunshot wound or set a splintered bone. There were no white-clad, skilled assistants to help him. Only bronzed cowhands or homesteaders who looked on helplessly. He gave the anesthetic himself, and sterilized the instruments in a Dutch oven.
This is Bicentennial Story No.3, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
Rolfsrud, Extra-Ordinary N. Dakotans, 38-39
This is Bicentennial Story No.3, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
Rolfsrud, Extra-Ordinary N. Dakotans, 38-39
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:07
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #1, Bicentennial stories 1-22
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #3-Dr Stickney-I,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed March 28, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/392.
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