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Bowman, Josephine Beatrice, LCDR.
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Contact Info
Home Town Des Moines, IA
Last Address 308 Broadway Hanover, PA
Date of Passing Jan 03, 1971
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
In 1906, the U.S. Navy opened a sanatorium there to treat sailors and marines with tuberculosis. The dry climate and rest by isolation at the fort were thought to be beneficial by contemporary treatment methods. On 22 June 1922, the Veteran's Bureau assumed operations. In 1930, administration of the hospital was transferred to the newly created Veterans Administration. Within three years, the VA designated Fort Lyon a neuropsychiatry facility. In 2001 the hospital was closed and the facility was turned over to the state of Colorado for conversion to a minimum security prison. The prison was closed in 2011.