In 1903 , with his term of missionary service complete , Romig relocated the family to San Francisco , California . He was there for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , and ran an emergency hospital in the aftermath . In 1906 , he moved back to Alaska to take a job as a company physician in Nushagak . He also worked for a time as a United States Commissioner before moving to Seward to open a small hospital . In the 1920s , he worked as chief surgeon at the St. Joseph 's Hospital in Fairbanks before setting up a hospital in Nenana for the Alaska Railroad . In 1930 , he was asked to head the Alaska Railroad Hospital in Anchorage . When his son , Howard , returned from Stanford University Medical School , they went into private practice together
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Joseph H. Romig