Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center The Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center, formerly known as the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia, was a hospital. Currently, it is a nursing care facility, but was the birthplace of former United States President James Earl Carter Jr., who was born there on October 1, 1924 when his mother was working there as a registered nurse. Originally built in 1921 by Doctors Samuel, Thaddeus and Bowman Wise, children of early Plains settlers Dr. Burr T. Wise and Laura Addy Wise, the 60-bed sanitarium was one of the first small hospitals in Georgia to be recognized
Lillian Alling was Rochester, New York, she was a Catholic, she was 30 years old, and had been born in Poland. In 1927, Lillian travelled across Canada and made it to Hazelton, British Columbia. After a brief arrest and stint in jail, Lillian headed north again. The following is an excerpt from Calvin Rutstrum's book, "The New Way of the Wilderness" (1958): An excerpt from Susan Smith-Josephy's book "Lillian Alling: the journey home" (2011) gives one possibility for Lillian's fate:In spite of strained relations between the US and the Soviet Union in 1929, the Native people of both countries still travelled regularly