ALABAMA—77 MILES Road Conditions
171 nridn line to Loxley, 23 mi., tho road is under *r«°m ifn Should bo ft completed gravel road summer 1920. construction, Sno -jjj o,,i5 mi.f new sand-clay and paving. J'/o™ koxley to Moo R	and	causeways.	10H mi. From
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Description of Country _	.i.	is Well noil rolling. Early Irish notnloes. cu-
'VjlS cabbages arc shipped in largo qunntlty. ihoro oumV‘tensive Wcliards of pecans and satsuma oranges. Fishing nnd hunting lino nmong the waterways and coastal sections. The drinking water thru tho country is soft nnd pure.
Old History
Hint,It., was founded by tho French in 1711 when Fort Louis doMW Mobile was located nt tho site of tho present city hull „®_i urniorv It tnltcs its name from Mauvila, Spanish form "" the name' of tho Indian tribe whose valiant attack upon Do Snt« ho nearly destroyed Ills expedition. Later Mobil© was under the rulo of tho Spaniards. While the French were at Mobile and tho Spanish at Pensacola a Spanish outpost wns on the eastern shoro of Mobile Bay where tho bridge now lands—that spot is still called Spanish Fort.
LOXLEY. Early Irish potatoes, cucumbers, satsuma orange and pecan orchards. STAPLETON HOTEL, good meals. Community camp in pine grove. Inf.—R. M. Mahler, at the post office. (See adv.)
MOBILE BAY. Cochrane Bridge opened June, 1927. Toll $1.00; extra passengers 10c. Another great Old Spanish Trail structure. Cost S2.000.000. Length 10 Va mi. Three hays and five rivers compose Mobile Bay.
’MOBILE. The Port of Alabama. The State is building tiie most modern port facilities in the U.S. costing ?10,000,000. This and the bridging of Mobile Bay opens Mobile as the southern focal point of highways, waterways, railroads and ocean lanes. An unusual port, ample facilities, 40 steamship lines, six railroads, and miles of convenient frontage for expansion. Center of fertile agricultural district; early cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, satsuma orange and pecan nut orchards. Fishing, hunting, water sports, bay and gulf resorts. Founded by the French in 1711.
HOTELS—BATTLE HOUSE, fine modern liofci. CAW-THON HOTEL, good accommodations. BIENVILLE, semi-modern. ST. ANDREW, moderate rates.
CAMP—Municipal, operated by lessee on Mobile Bay 3% mi. south, cottage accommodations 51.75 per night: camp space 50c. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
GRAND BAY. Satsuma orange and pecan orchards: truck raising. Country Hotel. Camp space.
ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE MISSISSIPPI—96 MILES Road Conditions
Paved from the Alabama lino to Bay St. Louis; then 28 ml of gravel to the Louisiana line.
Description of Country
The eastern purl is cul-over coastal plain pinclnnil. Vror Ocean Springs to Bay St. Louis Is the Cult Boulevard sectlo where the shore is lined with tine homes nnd hotels, »" realty-resort development of u high order. A sea-wall an boulevard for 30 ml. along the coast. The gulf cities nro nil year resorts. ■
Old History
iron 0X . ll‘e first French settlement in Old Louisian-the first sent of government. Then they f°unt Mobile In 1711 and New Orleans |n 1718. Lntcr Spnln ruled tl territory.
MOSS POINT. Lumber town. Wrapping paper mills. Fresh and salt water fishing. Clean country hotel. Free camp on OST.
’PASCAGOULA. On the Gulf of Mexico and the Pascagoula River
HOTELS—POL HOTEL, fair commercial. GULF COVE INN, near the beach in a rustic selling, nice Iiome-liko place. Hot water heal; running water in mis. Single, 51.50; double §2.00. Meals extra.
Camp space near beach. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
PASCAGOULA RIVER. New bridge, toll 50c.
GAUTIER. West side of river. Camp space.
OCEAN SPRINGS. On the gulf and Biloxi Bay. Resort city. Shrimp and oyster fisheries. Pecans and sac-suina oranges. Gulf Hills, fine realty and resort development.
HOTELS—PINES HOTEL, near the beach. ELGIN HOUSE, rms. only, in business district. BAYOU INN, on the bayou, OST west. FRENCH, on the beach.
BILOXI BAY.
BILOXI. Resort capital of the "Emerald Coast.” First capital of Old Louisiana, settled in 1099. Fisheries harbor in Back Bay; oyster and shrimp packing bouses on the gulf.
HOTELS—On the beach, TIVOLI, BUENA VISTA, NEW BILOXI, WHITE HOUSE, RIVIERA. Commercial, AVELEZ AND KENNEDY.
Private camp, near city, west, 50c up. Free camp In fine grove on Back Bay, northwest. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
EDGEWATER GULF HOTEL, 400 rms., A.P., most of them overlook the gulf. G mi. west of Biloxi.
’GULFPORT. Seaport. Resort and commercial city, center of the Gulf Boulevard development, growing rapidly. HOTELS—GREAT SOUTHERN, spacious, comfortable, overlooking (lie gulf. MARKHAM, modern, down-town.
INF.—Chamber of Commerce and Mississippi Motorists Association.
LONG BEACH. Radish and truck growing inland.
PASS CHRISTIAN. Resort city, facing the gulf and tiie Bay of St. Louis. Fine homes, live oak trees and pines line the sliore.
HOTELS — Facing Hie gulf, MIRAMAR and GREY CASTLE. THE NELSON, good commercial. INN-BY-TIIE-SEA, on the Bay of St. Louis.
BAY OF ST. LOUIS. Bridge completed February, 1928.
’BAY ST. LOUIS. A resort city on tiie Bay of St. Louis and the gulf, developing rapidly. Fishing, sailing, bathing. HOTEL WESTON, new, modern, overlooking the bay. Camp space. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
MISSISSIPPI-LOUISIANA STATE LINE
East Pearl River.
LOUISIANA—333 MILES
Rond Conditions
Tlio road across Louisiana well maintained gravel. 30 ml. arc paved. No dirt sections. A toll bridge is completed across Labe Pontchartrain, 15 mi. including approaches, cost $5,500,-000. Toll, sec page 5. Ferry at Mississippi River, New Orleans nnd at Berwick Bay. Morgan City—the only ferries left on the Old Spanish Trail. Their service is constant and good. Louisiana now lias good roads serving tho whole State.
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