Moving History Forward: A ‘Rest Camp’ for victims of the epidemic
A cabin on Delcardo Bay was used as a rest camp for women and children in 1919 following the Spanish flu.
So dire was the need for nurses during the Spanish flu epidemic that the Coeur d’Alene Press sent an SOS throughout the city: “All women, preferably without children, are requested to report to Dr. Barclay … of the Red Cross...
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