Cherry Valley Hospital

The US Army built a 1,000 bed hospital on the 241-acre site in the spring of 1942.

The Hospital was at the base of foothills of the San Bernardino National Forest, 4 miles north of the city.

The training center started in Pomona, California went eastward almost to Phoenix, Arizona, the south boundary was just outside Yuma, Arizona and north boundary to the southern part of Nevada.

At the end of Army training the Cherry Valley Hospital was not needed and on May 26, 1944 the facility was surplus.

After the war, the Hospital closed on December 31, 1945, all but one building was removed by July 1946.