dr. yoakum had experienced a spiritual awakening and decided to devote his life to religious pursuits after a miraculous recovery from a carriage accident in 1895 in denver. he relocated to los angeles where he founded several charitable enterprises named pisgah, after the peak in the sinai from which moses saw the promised land. beside pisgah grande there was pisgah home in the highland park section of los angeles, pisgah store, pisgah ark, a recovery house for women, and pisgah gardens, a rehabilitative center, orphanage, and farm in north hollywood.