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EDWIN R. FOUNTAIN, M. D.
Along with the agricultural growth of Merced County, has come the advancement of its community centers and the
steady growth in population. These have brought to the district a class of men to carry on the work of building
and maintaining the business and professional life in each community, and more especially in the city of Merced,
the thriving center of agricultural activity in one of the richest counties in California. And it is to the caliber
of such men that much of the present prosperity is due, for they have been both public spirited and farseeing to
a degree, and have laid a very real foundation for future generations to work on. Among these may be mentioned
Edwin R. Fountain, physician and surgeon, who for the past twelve years has been identified with the welfare of
this section.
A native of Mt. Idaho, Idaho, where his birth occurred on October 18, 1883, he was reared and educated in Klamath
Falls, Ore., and in 1907 he graduated from the University of Oregon with his degree of A. B. He later attended
the Northwestern University Medical School, of Chicago, and there obtained his degree of M. D., in 1911, after
which he spent eighteen months as an intern in the Cook County Hospital, in Illinois, and then returned to Oregon
and in 1913-1914 practiced his profession in Portland.
In 1915, Dr. Fountain located in Merced, and established a practice which has grown since that time, making him
today one of the best known physicians in the Valley. His practice here was interrupted only during the World War,
when he enlisted as a captain in the United States Medical Corps at Camp Fremont, went from there to Camp Jackson,
S. C., and saw active service over seas at Base Hospital No. 60; also at Evacuation Hospital No. 114, at the Front
during the worst stages of the conflict. Returning to Merced in 1919, he resumed his practice, and he has gained
the esteem of his fellow citizens, both as a man and a physician. He is past president of the County Medical Society,
the State Medical Society and the National Medical Association. Fraternally, he is a Mason, having joined that
order in Eugene, Ore., and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Elks of Merced; he is Commander of the Merced
Post, American Legion, and Past Commander of the 40 & 8, a branch of the latter organization; also special
vice commander of the American Legion. In addition to his private practice, he is surgeon for the Southern Pacific
for the Merced district.
The marriage of Dr. Fountain, occurring in 1909 at Eugene, Ore., united him with Helene Holmstrom, a native of
Kansas, and one son, William, has been born to them, his birthplace being Oregon. The doctor owns a twenty acre
Calsmirna fig ranch on Bear Creek, Merced County, and a forty four acre Kadota fig ranch at Lingard. He is a firm
believer in the even greater future advance. ment in store for this fertile section of the Golden State.
From:
History of Merced County, California
With a Biographical Review
History by John Outcalt
Historic Record Company
Los Angeles, California 1925
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