Number of patients

Patients when first opened in 1895----200
Patients in 1938----3,806
Patients in 1953----4,400
Patients in 1964----4,048

Thoughts: by Travis

I think it's crazy that they were using so much lard, eggs, vegetables, and liquid.

Thoughts:by Nick

I think the farm was very intresting its cool how they had about 600 hogs 1500 chickens 100 acre garden and 200lbs of lard a week. Its amazing how many eggs they produced a week. I wonder if they still had enough for every one to have a good meal each day.

Article from The County Press, March 21, 2010: Old Newsletters a Portal Into a Long-gone Community

This is the source for what remains of Oakdale article by Joyce Bonesteel contributing writer.
http://thecountypress.mihomepaper.com/news/2010-03-21/Marketplace/Old_newsletters_a_portal_into_a_longgone_community.html

Reason of closing

It closed because more than 600 employees were being laid off because they were changing their symptoms. And because of that, there were less people coming.

thoughts by Nolan

I think this center was a cruel way to treat people that might have something as slight as a stutter and that it may just be one of the reasons that lapeer is here today and could be the founder of lapeer.

Thoughts:by Nick

I think the facility was cool it sounds like they had everything you need but they kind of judged people on if they are average or dumb. Some of their workers even had to live there because they "are to dumb". It was pretty cool how it lasted for about 96 years.