Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital

Dr. Bud E. Alldredge Sr. founded the Sweetwater Veterinary Hospital in 1946 after earning his doctorate from Texas A&M. (World War II cut short his final year of education.) Large animals were seen "outcalls" and little surgery were performed in the basement of our Pine Street home. "Red" Alston constructed the first clinic in 1947 at the intersection of E. Hiawatha and Broadway are. The current clinic facility, which is located next to the previous one at 2303 E, was first occupied in August of 1979. Broadway. The new building included inside treatment and handling facilities of horses, cattle, and other “exotic” animals.