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The Sawyer Building on the left of this picture.
Doctor Herbert P. Sawyer
Dr. Sawyer came to Goodhue in 1895 after graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He replaced Dr. Howard and stayed to practice medicine in Goodhue for 32 years. Many reminders of Dr. Sawyers years as a doctor in Goodhue are still visible in and around Goodhue. He constructed the Sawyer Building on Second Street in 1901 and had his office on the upstairs of this building. In 1911 he took a year off and traveled the western states of these United States. He returned to his practice in Goodhue in 1912 working with Dr. Gates who had filled in for him while he traveled.
He was considered the most eligible bachelor in Goodhue, but in 1920 at the age of 50 he married Minora Bachman. They moved into the home they built on the corner of Third Avenue and Fourth Street. Dr. Sawyer retired in 1927 and sold his practice to Dr. Dewey who had been his associate since 1926. He died in 1948 at the age of 78 having been a resident of Goodhue for 44 years.
Medical practice was much different in the early 1900's. He missed the diphtheria epidemic in 1893, but was kept very busy during the flu epidemic in 1918. All meetings and gatherings were banned and school was closed for 7 weeks while children were requested to stay home. Dr. Sawyer traveled by horse and buggy to see his patients until he was able to get one of the first cars in this area He charged $1.00 a visit and .50 cents mileage. Patients needing surgery were sent to Red Wing or Rochester. Henry Hinrichs in his booklet As I Remember recalls his mother had a gall bladder attack. She was loaded on a sleigh and taken by horses six miles to Goodhue where she was loaded on a baggage car of the Great Western Railroad and taken to Rochester where she was operated on by Dr. Mayo and Dr. Judd.
In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Sawyer was active in the community serving as president of the school board and joined several members of the Civic Club to meet with the state commissioner of education to gain support for the high school in Goodhue.
Associated of Dr. Sawyer included the following:
1903-1905 Dr. Swarthout
1905-1906 Dr. Whyte
1906-1919 Dr. E.E. Gates
1911 Dr. Hallenback (worked with Dr. Gates when Dr. Sawyer traveled)
1919-1926 Dr. Gausemel
1926 Dr. Dewey (purchased Dr. Sawyers practice).
Dr. Sawyer came to Goodhue in 1895 after graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He replaced Dr. Howard and stayed to practice medicine in Goodhue for 32 years. Many reminders of Dr. Sawyers years as a doctor in Goodhue are still visible in and around Goodhue. He constructed the Sawyer Building on Second Street in 1901 and had his office on the upstairs of this building. In 1911 he took a year off and traveled the western states of these United States. He returned to his practice in Goodhue in 1912 working with Dr. Gates who had filled in for him while he traveled.
He was considered the most eligible bachelor in Goodhue, but in 1920 at the age of 50 he married Minora Bachman. They moved into the home they built on the corner of Third Avenue and Fourth Street. Dr. Sawyer retired in 1927 and sold his practice to Dr. Dewey who had been his associate since 1926. He died in 1948 at the age of 78 having been a resident of Goodhue for 44 years.
Medical practice was much different in the early 1900's. He missed the diphtheria epidemic in 1893, but was kept very busy during the flu epidemic in 1918. All meetings and gatherings were banned and school was closed for 7 weeks while children were requested to stay home. Dr. Sawyer traveled by horse and buggy to see his patients until he was able to get one of the first cars in this area He charged $1.00 a visit and .50 cents mileage. Patients needing surgery were sent to Red Wing or Rochester. Henry Hinrichs in his booklet As I Remember recalls his mother had a gall bladder attack. She was loaded on a sleigh and taken by horses six miles to Goodhue where she was loaded on a baggage car of the Great Western Railroad and taken to Rochester where she was operated on by Dr. Mayo and Dr. Judd.
In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Sawyer was active in the community serving as president of the school board and joined several members of the Civic Club to meet with the state commissioner of education to gain support for the high school in Goodhue.
Associated of Dr. Sawyer included the following:
1903-1905 Dr. Swarthout
1905-1906 Dr. Whyte
1906-1919 Dr. E.E. Gates
1911 Dr. Hallenback (worked with Dr. Gates when Dr. Sawyer traveled)
1919-1926 Dr. Gausemel
1926 Dr. Dewey (purchased Dr. Sawyers practice).