Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center

Orthopedics as a medical discipline arose from the challenge of dealing with unprecedented numbers of wounds and disabilities caused by the Great War.

Funded primarily by the Easter Seals drive, the Society publicized the need for more extensive treatment programs for disabled people and lobbied for favorable legislation.

Several years after the establishment of the Society, Dr. Jones confided to Gregg that his greatest wish was that New Hampshire would have a hospital where the patients with crippling diseases could come for sustained treatment and therapy under the most up-to-date conditions.

Gregg chose Greenfield because he had founded a summer camp for underprivileged children from Nashua on the north shore of Sunset Lake.

Through his experience with the camp, Harry had learned of a large parcel of level land on a shoulder of Crotched Mountain, the Russell Dairy Farm.

A "dream picture" created by a Boston architect was presented to the 1944 annual meeting and included not only medical, therapeutic and educational facilities, but also a working farm with a modern barn.

Gregg consulted with experts in the field including Dr. Howard A. Rusk, who was the chair of physical rehabilitation medicine established at the New York University Medical Center.

Rusk and other experts agreed that an institution serving the entire state would benefit from an independent location not affiliated with any hospital.

[7] A civil suit filed by the Foundation has resulted in a judgment of more than a million dollars against Bevins and her daughter Holly Sears.