In August 1961, the Central Wyoming Fair and Nite Rodeo scored two of the biggest television stars of the time: Lorne Greene and Dan Blocker, who starred in the hit "Bonanza" as Ben and Hoss Cartwright, entertained crowds nightly in front of the grandstands. On Aug. 4, they stopped by the children's ward of Natrona County Memorial Hospital. More »
In recognition of the 2021 Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo Parade on Tuesday, we're throwing back to Parade Day 1970 and 1971. More »
In the summer of 1980, photographer Michael Naylor joined Memorial Hospital for its second annual employee picnic, a tradition we celebrate to this day. He published this photo essay in the Casper Journal. More »
In June, 1977, Kathleen Hemry was pinned for surpassing 2,000 volunteer hours at Memorial Hospital's information desk. More »
In June 1953, the hospital’s stove was somewhat of a local celebrity. “Old Garland,” as the kitchen staff called her, was all but cooked out when the Casper Tribune-Herald wrote a deliciously sentimental article. It even ran a photo of the afternoon cook trying to light her – using a precarious method the cooks devised after the janitors refused to do it for them. More »
On April 12, 1953, Memorial Hospital of Natrona County unveiled their newly remodeled, $21,000 nursery to the Casper Tribune-Herald. More »
If you're stuck in the hospital, where does the Easter bunny deliver his treats? In 1983, kids at Memorial Hospital of Natrona County on Easter Sunday at least got a slice of cake out of the deal. More »
Wyoming Medical Center has been serving patients and families from the same location on Second Street as when we opened 11 decades ago. We dove through the Wyoming Medical Center collection at Casper College's Western History Center to see how far we've come. More »
On March 17, 1960, the Casper Tribune-Herald reported the story of Mrs. Lewis George whose life was saved by a rare, emergency heart massage surgery. More »
Wyoming legislators voted to build the Casper branch of the Wyoming State Hospital in 1909 and construction began in March 1910. Wyoming paid the $22,500 price tag while Natrona County supplied the land. More »
In the 1950s, rheumatic fever, and its associated heart disease, killed 22,000 people a year. This was before the widespread use of antibiotics to combat strep throat, the disease's precursor. Casper showed the world how to stop rheumatic fever in its tracks. More »
Cath is medical shorthand for cardiac catheterization, a procedure that utilizes thin, hollow tube called catheters to examine heart function and to look for coronary disease. Physicians can measure pressure and blood flow through your heart by injecting contrast dye through the catheter and taking x-rays to follow the dye's progress through your coronary arteries. More »
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