A Grand Junction hospital established by the Catholic Sisters of Charity on May 22, 1896. In the 1890’s, Reverend William Carr of Grand Junction’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Church made several entreaties to the Sisters of Charity in Denver and in Leavenworth, Kansas, asking for health services and a hospital in Grand Junction. In 1895, Sister Balbina Farrell and Sister Louisa Madden arrived in Grand Junction to establish a hospital. While Farrell...