FERRY SCHEDULE
New Daphne
Leaves MOBILE daily except Sunday at 7:00 A. M. and 3:00 P. M.
Sunday 8:00 A. M. and 1:00 P. M.
Leaves DAPHNE daily except Sunday at 8:30 A. M. and 5:00 P. M.
Sunday 9:30 A. M. and 5:00 P. M.
Ample Auto Capacity
NEW BOAT
JOSEPH POSE,
Manager
r^istorica
When driving over the Old Spanish Trail from Pensacola to Mobile Ray you are following, for a major part of the way, what was probably a trail used by the Aboriginal Traveler before the coming of the white men to this country. It came to be used by the first white settlers between the sparsely populated areas on Mobile Bay and Escambia Bay and, later, by the Soldiers of Spain as a military road connecting the forts on Escambia Bay with the outpost now known as “Old Spanish Fort,” situated a few miles north of Daphne.
This road was used by General Jackson over one hundred years ago, and what is known as “Jacksons Oaks"—a grove of ancient Live Oak trees two miles north of Daphne—is shown as a place where this “Fiery Soldier” camped for some time with his small army of adventurers over a century ago. This is a beautiful spot on the shore of Mobile Bay and well worth seeing for itself, as well as for it’s historical interest.
In later years the road was extended to Blakely, a town founded by New England settlers on the shores of the Tensas River some twelve miles north of Daphne and a stage line was maintained between this place and Pensacola for many years.
Josiah Blakely was the founder of this town and it came to be, within a few years, a very important place with substantial brick buildings, factories, mills, etc., and a port of considerable consequence.