I think (not 100% certain) but it makes sense to me that this building is where my mother was born in June 1919 and my uncle was born in 1921. I am fairly positive that this building has one claim to fame that I know about and that is through my mother. She was born premature when my grandmother was only seven months pregnant with her. Back at a time before modern medical healthcare standards and practices were at the high level they are today (especially in 1919) that to have a baby not go all the way to a full nine months term was a death sentence for any newborn. Premature babies in those days lasted only a few hours or perhaps a day before expiring. My mother told me that she was so tiny that she had to be carried on a very small pillow because she was so fragile and the nurses were afraid to handle her. My grandfather at that time in 1919 headed up the administration office of the L & N Railroad in Middlesborough. Thanks to the the knowledge and savvy of one of the doctors at this particular hospital, he had just read a recent article in a medical journal about a new kind of medical device that had only been rarely used. This new device had been employed exclusively in northeastern hospitals and was proving to save premature baby's lives. That new device: one of the earliest first generation incubators. The doctor at this hospital in Middlesborough telegraphed the hospital in Louisville and found out that it had one of those new incubators, but they had never tried it on a baby before. They weren't sure if it would even work. The doctor at this hospital was willing to gamble that it would. Because of my grandfather's connection with the L & N Railroad, the doctor was able to get the Louisville hospital to put the new incubator on an L & N train and ship the device to this hospital in Middlesborough. Because of the capability and swiftness to get the device transported to Middlesborough in only a few hours, my mother's life was saved. And she made medical history in Kentucky as she became the very first baby in the entire state to ever successfully use an incubator and survive. Incidentally, my uncle, who was born only two years after my mother, was also a premature baby when my grandmother was only six months pregnant with him. Once again, the Louisville hospital incubator was shipped down to this hospital to save another young life. Such a rotten shame to see the place where my mother spent the first three to four months of her very young and delicate life be slated for demolition. But...her best legacy is that she lived to the astonishing age of 87 years old and gave birth to five children. For a baby that should have passed away within a day after she was born because of the era when she came into the world, not too shabby if you ask me. She passed away in August 2006 and is buried in Corbin, KY in the same family plots as my grandfather, grandfather, and father.
@@IgnitedCoyote You are welcome. That building has no doubt even more great "firsts" and medical stories that saved many lives. Love your content. I have so much connection to Corbin because my grandmother lived there until she passed away in August 1996. I had many extended family that lived there until they all passed away. Life is so fleeting....make every day you have on this big old rock have meaning and purpose.
It’s a rainy day at Gausdale, Kentucky. A perfect time to watch Ignited Coyote videos. I watched them with my parents. Great job! We enjoyed the video and would like to see the Yellow Creek walk. We going to be in Middlesboro this coming Friday so we’re going to look it all over. Thanks for another great informative video.
Great video Coyote's! It makes me sad also to see old historic buildings torn down. Great that ya'll documented it so its memory can live on! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for bringing this kind of thing to our attention. As a native, who hasn’t lived there for 34 years I just love hearing about stuff like this. You always bring me home in your videos. I will always be grateful. Again thank you, and may I say I agree. I hate to see this happen, especially because of neglect.
Thank you for sharing this with us , My mom had a cousin born there this is so sad we we come home i love going down there and looking at all those old buildings
It's sad history going down but that's progress future is bright for this wonderful little town God bless Kentucky hey guys thanks for sharing this video with us god bless y'all papa coyote have blessed week to come sir.
Progress waits for no one. I've seen it time after time in my hometown. Recording this building helps future generations to remember things "the way they were".....good work.
So sad to see this old hospital go. My daddy was born there in 1934 and my mother in 1938. I have so many relatives who were born there as well as all the family who passed on there too. Very many memories
That is a big building!Never liked to see old building torn down. But it would just started falling! Thank you both for the video! Do enjoy what you put on!!!
I was born in this hospital and probably spent a couple of other days there. One with walking pneumonia. I am not sure when it closed, but Dr. Ralph Robinson had an office there for a few years (mid to late 60’s ??). I can remember those wide stairs leading to the second floor. They were wooden and may have been the original stairs. The new clinic that Dr Cawood and Dr Flowers partnered in and opened at some point in the 60’s was open for several years. I would love to have a floor plan for the old Middlesboro Hospital, just to know where I was born.
Thanks for helping document the passing of this historic building. It seems like the most historic parts of a lot of small towns is just being torn down and bulldozed over.
This is a link to a article about this building. www.gardenstogables.com/wrecking-ball-watch-the-former-middlesboro-hospital-elks-building-middlesboro-kentucky/
Thats a shame. But we were wondering how some one could get some of those old bricks after its knocked down. We would re use them and have a story about them. What a terrible waist to throw them in a land fill. Great show again. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
I was born here when it was known as the miners hospital. July 13 1950 I arrived. I tell every body I'm teched because I was born in a meteor Crater on the 13th!! Since I'm a little funny anyhow it's easier to believe me.
I got history of mine ignited coyote my grandfather was a US soldier went to Germany during cold war he stayed there about 3 years and he come back to US where he is retired and done being a soldier
I hate that the building has to come down but it has become dangerous. Do the creek walk on a Friday between 12-5 when we have the farmers market along the creek!
yes please do the canal walk, I would love to see it, and its a shame that the building is being tore down, I hope that any useable materials were taken out so they can be recycled
I think (not 100% certain) but it makes sense to me that this building is where my mother was born in June 1919 and my uncle was born in 1921.
I am fairly positive that this building has one claim to fame that I know about and that is through my mother. She was born premature when my grandmother was only seven months pregnant with her. Back at a time before modern medical healthcare standards and practices were at the high level they are today (especially in 1919) that to have a baby not go all the way to a full nine months term was a death sentence for any newborn. Premature babies in those days lasted only a few hours or perhaps a day before expiring. My mother told me that she was so tiny that she had to be carried on a very small pillow because she was so fragile and the nurses were afraid to handle her.
My grandfather at that time in 1919 headed up the administration office of the L & N Railroad in Middlesborough. Thanks to the the knowledge and savvy of one of the doctors at this particular hospital, he had just read a recent article in a medical journal about a new kind of medical device that had only been rarely used. This new device had been employed exclusively in northeastern hospitals and was proving to save premature baby's lives.
That new device: one of the earliest first generation incubators.
The doctor at this hospital in Middlesborough telegraphed the hospital in Louisville and found out that it had one of those new incubators, but they had never tried it on a baby before. They weren't sure if it would even work.
The doctor at this hospital was willing to gamble that it would.
Because of my grandfather's connection with the L & N Railroad, the doctor was able to get the Louisville hospital to put the new incubator on an L & N train and ship the device to this hospital in Middlesborough. Because of the capability and swiftness to get the device transported to Middlesborough in only a few hours, my mother's life was saved. And she made medical history in Kentucky as she became the very first baby in the entire state to ever successfully use an incubator and survive.
Incidentally, my uncle, who was born only two years after my mother, was also a premature baby when my grandmother was only six months pregnant with him. Once again, the Louisville hospital incubator was shipped down to this hospital to save another young life.
Such a rotten shame to see the place where my mother spent the first three to four months of her very young and delicate life be slated for demolition.
But...her best legacy is that she lived to the astonishing age of 87 years old and gave birth to five children. For a baby that should have passed away within a day after she was born because of the era when she came into the world, not too shabby if you ask me. She passed away in August 2006 and is buried in Corbin, KY in the same family plots as my grandfather, grandfather, and father.
That's amazing, thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
@@IgnitedCoyote You are welcome. That building has no doubt even more great "firsts" and medical stories that saved many lives.
Love your content. I have so much connection to Corbin because my grandmother lived there until she passed away in August 1996. I had many extended family that lived there until they all passed away.
Life is so fleeting....make every day you have on this big old rock have meaning and purpose.
It’s a rainy day at Gausdale, Kentucky. A perfect time to watch Ignited Coyote videos. I watched them with my parents. Great job! We enjoyed the video and would like to see the Yellow Creek walk. We going to be in Middlesboro this coming Friday so we’re going to look it all over. Thanks for another great informative video.
Thanks Amy, we really appreciate you!
Great video Coyote's! It makes me sad also to see old historic buildings torn down. Great that ya'll documented it so its memory can live on! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching Mitch!
Thank you for bringing this kind of thing to our attention. As a native, who hasn’t lived there for 34 years I just love hearing about stuff like this. You always bring me home in your videos. I will always be grateful. Again thank you, and may I say I agree. I hate to see this happen, especially because of neglect.
Thanks Lorraine!
Thank you for sharing this with us , My mom had a cousin born there this is so sad we we come home i love going down there and looking at all those old buildings
It's sad history going down but that's progress future is bright for this wonderful little town God bless Kentucky hey guys thanks for sharing this video with us god bless y'all papa coyote have blessed week to come sir.
Thank you Willie and papa Cody says thank you and God bless you!
Thanks!
Thank you! ❤️
Progress waits for no one. I've seen it time after time in my hometown. Recording this building helps future generations to remember things "the way they were".....good work.
Thank you Terry, we appreciate that.
So sad to see this old hospital go. My daddy was born there in 1934 and my mother in 1938. I have so many relatives who were born there as well as all the family who passed on there too. Very many memories
That is a big building!Never liked to see old building torn down. But it would just started falling! Thank you both for the video! Do enjoy what you put on!!!
Thanks Gp!
My uncle was postmaster in the 1950's.. love the town
I was born in this hospital and probably spent a couple of other days there. One with walking pneumonia. I am not sure when it closed, but Dr. Ralph Robinson had an office there for a few years (mid to late 60’s ??). I can remember those wide stairs leading to the second floor. They were wooden and may have been the original stairs. The new clinic that Dr Cawood and Dr Flowers partnered in and opened at some point in the 60’s was open for several years. I would love to have a floor plan for the old Middlesboro Hospital, just to know where I was born.
Haven`t been to Middlesboro in a long time. Used to go a lot back in thr day. My favorite restaurant was Jerry's. Miss it.
Thanks for helping document the passing of this historic building. It seems like the most historic parts of a lot of small towns is just being torn down and bulldozed over.
Great video!
Great video, and yes, do the canal walk video with directions.
Thanks Jeff!
My grandfather is a US soldier he went to Germany during the cold war. He lived there for three years
Born and raised here and my family for generations. Always been told by everyone that the building is extremely haunted.
I'd like a tour of the canal
My father was born there ❤
My grandfather passed away on April 20th 2017 the day after his birthday April 19th
They are a chain link fence with locks on it. It's where couples lock the love in forever like in France I think
Yeah I think you should do do. Do .video here
This is a link to a article about this building.
www.gardenstogables.com/wrecking-ball-watch-the-former-middlesboro-hospital-elks-building-middlesboro-kentucky/
Do you remember the Rosa Drive In? I could tell some stories about it but not on here. Lol
Nice video! It’s a shame we loose such treasures!
Thanks Daniel!
Thats a shame. But we were wondering how some one could get some of those old bricks after its knocked down. We would re use them and have a story about them. What a terrible waist to throw them in a land fill. Great show again. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Kevin!
Any building can be saved. The ones around it looks worse
You can see nothing has changed, compared with B&W photographs online...
True
I was born here when it was known as the miners hospital. July 13 1950 I arrived. I tell every body I'm teched because I was born in a meteor Crater on the 13th!! Since I'm a little funny anyhow it's easier to believe me.
I got history of mine ignited coyote my grandfather was a US soldier went to Germany during cold war he stayed there about 3 years and he come back to US where he is retired and done being a soldier
Thanks!
Your welcome
I hate that the building has to come down but it has become dangerous. Do the creek walk on a Friday between 12-5 when we have the farmers market along the creek!
Sounds like a great time to do the walk, thanks!
yes please do the canal walk, I would love to see it, and its a shame that the building is being tore down, I hope that any useable materials were taken out so they can be recycled
Eat at shades it's good
After he is retired he did alot of things. he become a train conductor he drives trains,he has owned a gas station back in the day
Yeah. Just tear it down. We need another Dollar General store in its place
True!
Women always went to Middlesboro or Pineville and had their babies.
That's true. A lot of folks go to Corbin now.
Yes they do.