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==History==
 
==History==
 
The first state hospital opened in Oklahoma was Western Oklahoma State Hospital, in Fort Supply. Opening in 1903, however it wasn't until May of 1908 that the first patients arrived from Norman's state hospital (Central State).The hospital used the old Army post's buildings and grounds as the state of Oklahoma's first mental health facility. The grounds were lent to the state by the Dept. of Interior, after the Headquarters of the Army closed Fort Supply. To bring the first patients from a private institution to the new hospital, a road was built from the old post to the railroad station south at Tangier, Oklahoma. Farmers and ranchers from the area furnished buggies and wagons to transport the two train loads of arriving patients to the new hospital.
 
The first state hospital opened in Oklahoma was Western Oklahoma State Hospital, in Fort Supply. Opening in 1903, however it wasn't until May of 1908 that the first patients arrived from Norman's state hospital (Central State).The hospital used the old Army post's buildings and grounds as the state of Oklahoma's first mental health facility. The grounds were lent to the state by the Dept. of Interior, after the Headquarters of the Army closed Fort Supply. To bring the first patients from a private institution to the new hospital, a road was built from the old post to the railroad station south at Tangier, Oklahoma. Farmers and ranchers from the area furnished buggies and wagons to transport the two train loads of arriving patients to the new hospital.
  
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The hospital and original buildings (left in disrepair by the Army, who had first voted to leave it abandoned) suffered 3 fires before 1916.
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Western Oklahoma State Hospital cared for mentally ill people in or west of Kay, Noble, Garfield, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Comanche, and Cotton counties. In 1950, the hospital had an average daily resident population of 1,318; meaning they were operating 14% over capacity. There are reports of sterilization, mostly of women, being practiced at Western State; as at hospitals Norman, Vinita, Enid, and McAlister penitentiary.  
 
Western Oklahoma State Hospital cared for mentally ill people in or west of Kay, Noble, Garfield, Kingfisher, Canadian, Caddo, Comanche, and Cotton counties. In 1950, the hospital had an average daily resident population of 1,318; meaning they were operating 14% over capacity. There are reports of sterilization, mostly of women, being practiced at Western State; as at hospitals Norman, Vinita, Enid, and McAlister penitentiary.  

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