Dubois Regional Medical Center Inc history

When DuBois returned in 1871 to develop the property he had purchased he found Rumbarger living in the now deceased Shaffer's home.

The natural growth of, the community and the prospects induced Rumbarger in 1872 to plot a portion of his farm in lots becoming the new town of Rumbarger.

The term was for three months and the school was said to have been shared by pupils and sheep alike during the year.In 1876, a two-room school was built on W. Scribner Ave., where the now demolished Central School stood at a later time.

He needed a market for the hemlock bark, so in 1883 John and two of the Van Tassel brothers started a firm for the tanning of leather and built a large tannery where the Third Ward Hose House now stands.

Within a week of the June 18, 1888, Great Fire, which leveled most of the City of DuBois in approximately 8 hours, the DuBois Volunteer Fire Department was born.

A reservoir was constructed in upper Clear Run and by 1890-91, DuBois had a new water system.Gas lines were installed and a franchise for lighting streets was granted by council bringing electricity throughout the City.

1893, FIRST FIREMEN'S PARADE In June of 1893, firemen lined up for a parade in downtown DuBois.

He later came to DuBois and started the DuBois Brewery in 1895.

At that time the physicians asked the Sisters of Mercy from Erie to operate the facility and in 1910 the facility, later known as the DuBois Hospital, was under new management.

1919-32, PROHIBITION FAILS TO CLOSE DUBOIS BREWERY Prohibition was passed in 1919.It hit all brewery operations in the country very hard, with many of them closing, but the DuBois Brewery found a way to survive.

A second shaft known as B & S. #2 was opened just beyond Highland Street a few years later.Labor disputes in 1929 forced the closing of the B & S and Northwest Mining and Exchange Company operations, and they were never reopened.

The railroads meant employment for a thousand persons in DuBois with the locomotive and car shops.On June 15, 1954, hundreds of area residents made the last ride on the C & M Junction Division of the B & O Railroad from DuBois to Clearfield.