Corona, CA you say? My family lived in one of the towns surrounding Twenty-nine Palms Marine Training Base (not sure of it’s full name), in Twenty-nine Palms itself. When I was born, Dad drove Mom through the mountains and hills into Corona.
There were no hospitals in the area that they could get to in a hurry. (there was a small clinic, but it was a very little town after all)There was one in Corona, Corona Naval Hospital. It had been built originally as a big, swanky resort that the rich and famous of the 20s and 30s stayed at. It’s still there, I believe, but is no longer a hospital.
I’ve never had the chance to go back there, or at least that I remember! I rarely ever hear about it in the news; that’s why it caught my eye!
Oops! Sorry about the double post, folks! I don’t know how that happened. My computer is getting pokey; so I probably pushed “post” again thinking it had frozen!