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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		The Incredible Journey of Thomas O’Brien
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:02:57
	Publish Date:		2019-05-01 05:00:00
	Description:		For this week's A Northwoods Moment in History , Gary Entz tells us about the incredible journey of Thomas O’Brien in 1913. In 1913 Thomas O’Brien was just on ordinary resident of Rhinelander. While his brother John O’Brien was a respected member of the Rhinelander Police Department and served his community honorably, it was the younger brother Thomas who did something remarkable. Thomas O’Brien undertook an incredible journey that few people even today would dare attempt. Thomas O’Brien was a young man who suffered a devastating stroke sometime around 1911. The entire left side of his body was paralyzed, and medical treatment of the day could do little to help him. O’Brien asked his doctors what therapy he should seek, and they advised him to move out west. Move to the Northwest, enter a spa, and take in the coastal air was their advice. O’Brien followed their guidance. In 1912 he took what savings he had, boarded a train, and moved to Portland, Oregon. The change of climate did
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