On the side of this hill stood a sanitarium operated by Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gutscher, Dutch natives of eastern Ohio, from 1895 until his death on May 1, 1904. Tea made from various kinds of tree bark was used in steam treatments to cure acute and subacute diseases. The secret of Dr. Gutscher's treatment, acquired from an Indian maiden under oath, was never divulged. Their three daughters were Mary Jane Gutscher Lemon, who aided her father financially by erecting the first building, Julia Gutscher Elliott Cunninham, and Nora Gutscher Kelly, who assisted in the administration for several years. Their one son, Nelson Gutcher, died at age two.