Dr. Fred Franklin Attix was born Aug 8, 1878 in Richwood, Minnesota and died Feb 9, 1948 and was buried in the Lewistown City Cemetery. His father was Harry Attix of Elgin, Illinois and mother was Mary Belle Knowles of Battle Creek, Michigan. He came by stagecoach to Lewistown, Montana December 15, 1900. He was a horse and buggy doctor with headquarters at Gilt Edge, Montana and a physician for the miners. He moved to Lewistown, Montana in 1901 and performed the first major surgery at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1909. He built the Attix Clinic in 1916 at 618 W. Main.
