Chicago Lincoln Avenue Trail: Trail Point 5

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Trail Point 5 - AUGUSTANA HOSPITAL

The

hospital is one of the oldest in Chicago,

founded in 1884 by Miss Lila

Pickhurdt. Augustana

is a valuable

resource that has grown and developed with its community and works to meet the health care needs of this remarkable mix of humanity. It is presently a 368-bed facility averaging 10,000 admissions, 5,900 operations and 800 deliveries annually. Its School of Nursing, one of the first established by a hospital in America, has graduated over 2,600 nurses in its 78 years of existence.

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What we have here

The Chicago Lincoln Avenue Trail began life back in 1973. It was established by the work of Boy Scout Troop 881 and Scoutmaster William G. La Fleur. This was the first trail of it's type and the first trail that offered a Braille patch that could actually be read.

The trail was established before the internet, and even before the creation of the 911 emergency system.

I have created this blog to give the trail an internet presence. I will post here all the original sites along the trail and the original written guide.

We are working to update the trail and bring the guide into the twenty first century. As the trail is updated I will update this blog until it provides an audio guide for a modern trail serving the communities and citizens of Chicago and anyone who desires to hike and learn.