AZTEC. Store, garage, meals, camp, §1.25 and §2.00.
MOHAWK. Two stores, two garages, luncli. Free camp space; also cabins. Water is hauled.
WELLTON. Sandy mesa. Irrigation from wells a future possibility. WELLTON HOTEL; restaurant all night. Camp and showers. Cabins and cottages §1.00 and §1.50.
♦YUMA. Jet. of Gila and Colorado rivers. Gateway to Southern California. Ancient Spanish river crossing in the conquest and development of the Southwest. Today Yuma is a busy, growing city. Yuma Indians and their wares add a picturesque touch. Irrigation from Laguna Dam on the Colorado River; the cultivated areas 12 mi. south of Yuma. Time changes; reset your watch.
HOTELS—The DEL MING leads. HOTEL ARIZONA, old—cool porch rms. HOTEL LEE, new, good values. Several cabin camps with numerous cabins. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.	  .
ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA STATE LINE
Colorado River
SOUTH CALIFORNIA—178 MILES Road Conditions
Pavement and oiled gravel, with a short section of decomposed granite—all good driving. The Sand Hills, one of the real deserts and long a terror to travelers, now good pavement. The Mountain Springs grade with its steep climbs now concrete.
Description of Country
The Old Spanish Trail in California is dose to the Mexican Border for many miles. West from Yuma 7 mi. and	mi.
south on the border are the head gates of the Imperial Valley irrigation; the water comes thru Mexico. Across the line is Algodones, Moxlco, with seven saloons, one it is claimed costing $17,000. South of Holtville and El Centro are the Mexican border towns of Calexico and Mexicali. In the Imperial Valley the traveler is 50 ft. below sea level in the bed of the old Snlton Sea; shortly the mountains arc crossed at 1,103 ft. elevation; thru tho mountains are resorts and camps a-top the world; at San Diego nnd the sea are hills and valleys.
Old History
San Diego Is tho end of tho Old Spanish Trail nnd tho beginning of the last works of the Spanish In tho U.S. In 17C9 the San Diego mission was founded—201 yrs. after St. Augus-tlne. During tho American Revolution tho Spanish were building that great clinin of missions up tho California coast.
FT. YUMA. A settlement at the Yuma Indian Reservation. Officials here search your car and baggage to prevent entry of plant or fruit diseases. Cabin camp, 25c to $1.25.
GRAY’S WELL. West from Yuma 21 mi., in the sand ?ii s.ec^on- Good water from a deep well, phone, store. All night lunch, gas and other service at Peg’s Place. Peg Ilunt is said to know the highway situation in the southwest and he appreciates travelers stopping for any service. ,t	One	of	the	Imperial	Valley centers.
aivA .\io HOTEL, fair. Two cabin camps, good. A road south to Mexicali. Mexico. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
EEN™0. Commercial center of the Imperial \ alley, one of the great irrigation districts ot the world. A busy, prosperous city. HOTEL BARBARA WORTH ^!le ll0teI- OREGON HOTEL, remodeled, refur-?*??“■ C‘V cai“P. 2.7c. Calexico and Mexicali, border EalU1’; Inf.—Chamber of Commerce. Also Auto Club of Southern California branch
35 mi- west. Store, garage, by Government in 1S-1G. Devil's Can-‘	,	' Splendid scenery thru these mountains. 7%
grade, concrete pavement.
JACUMBA IlOT STRINGS. 1*1 mi. west Mountain resort for Imperial Valley people. Elevation 2.S00 ft. Hot sulphur baths. Cold spring. Concrete pool, dance hull, etc. HOTEL VAUGHN, G5 rms., new, fine. Cabin camp, 25c to 70c. Inf.—Bert L. Vaughn. Also old Jacumba (lia-cumba) with modern hotel. Mistletoe Lodge 1 mi. west and cottages.
BOULEVARD. Store and supplies. Summer resort. Gamp.
West to San Diego 70.5 mi. are settlements, mountain, valley and spring camping places, cabin auto camps, furnished cabins, small hotels, meals, etc. The mountain summit is passed at 4,103 ft. In Arizona. New Mexico and Texas higher elevations are reached. These are listed under Bisbee, Ariz., summit.
®SAN DIEGO. This is the Pacific Terminus of the Old Spanish Trail. It was the beginning of the Spanish occupation of California. The first mission, San Diego de Alcala, was started in 1709, then followed those oilier sanctuaries “a day’s journey apart” northward on and beyond San Francisco, twenty-one in all. While the patriots on the Atlantic slope were fighting England for freedom, Spain was peacefully building the missions along the Pacific slope. Earlier than this her missions at Tucson and Nogales, at Santa Fe, at El Paso and Ysleta, at San Antonio, St. Augustine and elsewhere, and her works all thru these Southern Borderlands, were crowning her name with an interest that will live thru the ages. The legends
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Poets sing of the pailrcs nnd their missions along this Golden Coast. San Diego has a monument to Father Junfpero Scrra who administrated tho mission building enterprises. Helen Jackson’s “Ramona” is a romantic story of tho mission period and its fall. Here at San Diego also you may look down into tho “Wishing Well” ns you did at St. Augustine and let your spirit for tho moment dwell with those of that bygone and romantic age.
and landmarks of a romantic past lie along the pathways and out among the byways of the Old Spanish Trail.
HOTELS—U. S. GRANT, a leading hotel. EL CORTEZ, new, distinguished in type and character. CHURCHILL, moderate and good. SAN DIEGO, popular and well liked. PICKWICK, new, good; the Pickwick bus station headquarters. DEL CORONADO is located on the beach. San Diego lias many and varied hotels.
CAMPS—Twelve cabin camps. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce. Also Auto Club of Southern California branch.
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