Dr. Henry Manfort Keck 1888 - 1965 "Physicians and Medicine: Crawford and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas 1817-1976," Dr Henry Manford Keck founder of the Old Colonial Hospital at Ft. SmithSeptember 3, 1928 - Colonial Hospital opens on "the cooperative plan." Families subscribed for $2 a month, benefits included medical and surgical attention and room and board. _________________ Dr, Keck was married to Ruth Ada M. McCarty and their children were; Henry Manford Keck II, Frances Marian Keck and Kathleene Isabel Keck. Dr. Keck's parents were Solomon E. Keck II, born in 1846 and Isabella Barker, born 1862 and dying in Sebastian County.