From San Diego
From St. Augustine
From St. Augustine
the Gulf of Mexico. OST Director. Fred W. Marsh.
Do Luna landed on the Pensacola mainland in 1559 with the largest expedition to attempt the conquest of Florida. Pensacola is rich in old history.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Pensacola Chamber of Commerce.
2362.0..NUNEZ BRIDGE. Fla.-Ala. State Line- 455.0
22.0	mi. Dirt.
Nunez bridge, Perdido river, toll 50c.
2340.0—	.......— LOXLEY, ALA__________________________ 477.0
11.3	mi. Dirt.
Pop. 123. Elevation 172 ft. Country hotel. OST Vico President, Mrs. T. A. Banning ; Councilor, J. W. Randall.
2328.7- —............... DAPHNE,	ALA__________________488.3
9.0	mi. Across Mobile Bay.
Pop. 7S0. Elevation 100 ft. Tourist Camp—Overlooking Bay. OST Councilors, Dr. R. Van Iderstinc and J. R. H.immet.
Distance by ferry, Str. New Daphne, 14 mi. Leaves Daphne 7:30 A. M. Leaves Mobile 3:00 P. M. Saturdays and Sundays different schedule.
2319.7- ...............MOBILE, ALA....................... 497.3
Zero at Ferry Landing.
27.7	ml. Paving, Gravel and Sand Clay.
Pop. 60,777. Elevation S ft. Tourist Camp—On the Bay. S. H. Peck, President Old Spanish Trail Association.
(The old road is used. New road will be thru Theodore, Irvington, St. Elmo and Grand Bay, Alabama, to join the new concrete road in Mississippi to Moss Point, Pascagoula and Ocean Springs. Mrs. B. H. Scott, Irvington, OST Vice President.)
Tablet, Bienville Monument, Mobile.
■“To Jean Baptiste le Moyne Sieurs de Bienville, native of Montreal, Canada, naval officer of France, Governor of Louisiana and founder of the first capital Mobile 1711. Born 1680—died 1768. With the genius to create an empire and the courage to maintain it. Patient amid faction and successful even in defeat, he brought his settlement the prosperity of true civilization and the happiness of real Christianity. He who founds a city builds himself a life-long monument."
By this inscription Mobile is credited with being the first capital of Louisiana. Others say Biloxi was first.
Hotels
Battle House. S. H. Peck, President.
Cawthon Hotel. P. C. Steele, Manager.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Inquire at Automobile Club of Mobile for information to New Orleans. Extensive construction proceeding.
See also memo, under Chef Montour, Louisiana.
2292.0 .......... ALA.-MISS.	STATE LINE............... 525.0
9.9 mi. Paving.
2282.1 _____________MOSS	POINT, MISS--------------- 534.9
•1.4 mi. Paving.
Pop. 3340. Elevation 17 ft.
2277.7.PASCAGOULA, MISS. (Pascagoula River)- 539.3
17.7	mi. Concrete construction in progress.
Pop. 6082. Elevation 17 it.
(Pascagoula river, continuous ferry 50c. The road construction should be finished spring of 1925. Fair detours are provided.)
2260.0—	OCEAN SPRINGS, MISS. (Biloxi Bay)— 557.0
8.0	around Back Bay. Gravel and Dirt.
Pop. 1732. Elevation 24 ft. Biloxi Bay to be bridged.
2252.0— ________________ BILOXI,	MISS------------------ 565.0
12.8	mi. Paving, some Gravel.
Pop. 10,937. Elevation 23 ft. On the Gulf of Mexico.
Biloxi was the first settlement of Louisiana by the French and claimed as the first capital.
2239.2 _____________________GULFPORT, MISS_______________ 577.8
9.8	mi. Paving, some Gravel.
Pop. 81-57. Elevation 25 ft. On the Gulf of Mexico.
OST Vice President, Mrs. Rucks Yerger; Councilor, R.
L. Aubert.	__
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Gulfport Chamber of Commerce.
From San Diego
2229.4	. -PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS.--------
•2.3 m, «o	ra" y
Pop. 2357. Elevation 12 ft On the Gulf of Mexico. OST Vice President, S. L. McGlathery.
2224.9_____________BAY	ST. LOUIS, MISS-----------------
29.0	mi. See Memo, under Chef Menteur, Ln.
(IS mi by old road to Pearlington ferry.)
Pop. 3033. Elevation 26 ft. On the Bay of St. Louis.
2195.9—PEARL RIVER. (Miss.-La. State Line) —
12.3	ml. See Memo, under Chef Menteur, La.
2183.6__________________SLIDELL, LA----------------------
18.5	mi. Sec memo, under Chef Menteur, La.
Pop. 2958. Elevation 11 ft. Tourist Camp -North edge of town, secluded, well-drained pine grove, toilets, water. Country hotel. OST Councilors. T. J. Eddyis
""Th^'sndeU people are battling thru some of the most difficult road and bridge building problems on the Obi. It is the key-point for travel between New Orleans and the North and East. The town lies on fine highlands with extensive waterway basins east and south of them. They have built gravel parish roads, and are winning thru with the OST links. Slidell is part of the district that ships over $4,000,000 of early strawberries annually. Satsuma orange and early truck district. Artesian wells with natural flow 30 ft. above surface. Largest brick yard in South. Shipbuilding and croosoting.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Slidell Garage. Storage, repairs, supplies. T. J. Eddins.
2165.1___________CHEF MENTEUR, LA------------------------
22.7	mi. Gravel and Paving.
"The Chef” is the ferry landing, south side of Lake Pontchartrain for passage between New Orleans and the East or the North.
Detour Memo.—Between Bay St. Louis, Miss., and New Orleans, La., are the Pearl river delta, Lake Pontchartrain, and the other basins that have been problems to engineers for centuries. The Old Spanish Trail is financed and building from Bay St. Louis, Miss., across the Pearl river basin to Slidell, La., then to the Rigolets and across the marshland at the foot of Lake Pontchartrain to Chef Menteur where a good road will be found to New Orleans. This new route will be open to traffic early in 1925. Meanwhile travel between New Orleans and eastern points must ferry between Chef Menteur, La., and Pearlington, Miss., where an old road, 18 mi., connects Pearlington and Bay St. Louis. Travel between New Orleans and northern points must ferry across Lake Pontchartrain. The ferry routes are long and capacity limited. Detours by land are possible. Inquire at OST Information Headquarters	as	follows:
Going westward. Mobile, Ala.
Going southward, Slidell, La.
Going eastward, Houma, La., or	New	Orleans,	La.
2142.4——----------------NEW ORLEANS. LA__________________
Zero at Association of Commerce Building.
5.7	mi. west on St. Charles Ave. to Mississippi rivex ferry to Westwcgo. Paving.
OST,Pofnc?nlR08A EiCLati£nL7 ft> Tourist Camp—None.
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Hotels
The°Roosevelt!' Newman?
. Charles. Finest all-year hotel in the South
587.6
592.1
621.1 633.4
651.9
674.6
From Son Diego	From	Sl- AuIOi,|„
INFORMATION .AND SERVICE
Association of Commerce. Opposite St. Charles Hotel.
Motor League of Louisiana. Hotel Dc Soto, 429 Baronne at.
2136.7_____________________WESTWEGO,	LA------------- 680.,
38.2	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 1000. Ferry point, west side of Mississippi river.
2098.5—RACELAND, LA. (Bayou Lafourche)... 713.5
Note__Two roads are building between Raceland and
Gibson. When completed the mileage will read:
Raceland to Houma 14.3 mi. Houma to Gibson 23,3 mi This will be open to travel October, 1924.
Raceland to Thibodaux 15.3 mi. Thibodaux to Gibson 18.7 mi. Unfinished sections still keep this route closed. The route, Raceland to Thibodaux, to Houma, to Gibson, is all improved gravel and shell.
Pop. 687. Elevation 11 ft. No Tourist Camp. Clean country hotel, good meals. OST Councilors, Dr. J. J.
Ayo and Geo. S. Harmount.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Ayo’s Drug Store. West side of Bayou. Drive in station and nice rest room.
Raceland-Houma-Thibodaux District
All this OST territory from the Mississippi state line westward to Morgan City is delta land of the ancient Mississippi river. In the Lafourche basin, which includes Raceland, Thibodaux and Houma, are a group of highlands and lowlands threaded with bayous. On the highlands these citie3 have been built, and around them is one of the noted sugar plantation sections of Louisiana. There are numerous improved gravel roads, nav-igable bayou3, with varied opportunities for drives, vacations, fishing, hunting and trips to the Gulf. Bayou Lafourche with 160 mi. of roads on the two sides, mostly graveled, is the most thickly settled rural road in America. Its homes range from clusters of old negro cabins to the stately plantation homes. Schools that are a tribute to these people are developing thruout the district. Thibodaux is the old sugar plantation center. Houma is the seaport city with numerous bayous connecting to the Gulf. Raceland is the center for the outlying delta areas that are now being dyked and reclaimed by pumping, and by scientific farming are yielding their riches in varied forms — Raceland’s “ Little Holland.” 32,281 acres are under reclamation around Raceland. Notable projects are Delta Farms at Larosc, Sculley Estates at Cut Off, Smithport Farms at Lockport, Grant Smith & Company’s tract west of Raceland. One of the three largest sugar mills °,n.- t*ie OST is at Raceland. A friendly people all thru this district.
2084.2--------HOUMA, LA. (Bayou Black)__________________738.1
23.3	mi. to Gibson. Shell.
Pop. 5160. Elevation 13 ft. Tourist Camp — None.
Two country hotels. OST Councilors, Calvin Wurzlow and Julius Dupont.
This is still a part of the old Mississippi river delta section. Bayous reach from Houma to the Gulf like the spreading fingers of the hand, with graveled drives and plantations along the banks and fishing boats on the is nn important fish, shrimp and oyster pacKing and shipping center, and also trapping and furs.
sportsmen, deer hunting, water fowl, fishing and M,.' South, at Dulac, a recreation beach is developing, xsatural gas. Fine schools. The OST along Bayou Black Gibson is one of the prettiest drives in Louisiana. INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Association of Commerce. A. W. Van Pelt, Secretary.
thibodaux route
579.6.--THIBODAUX, LA. (Bayou Lafourche)— 7311
Dot	Gibson. Gravel and Dirt, not completed.
Ur thru Houma, all Improved Gravel and Shell.
Mod°o?'n & Elevation is ft. Tourist Camp—None. W.SLafa^uc °ST Councilor3' Dr. H- s- Smith and
country'* nfX r*s 7n.e Dm old centers of the rich hayou
schools7 mibU°U,slana- Progressive city improvement .
Bolt. Old hem r”fcution park and playgrounds, nnd Nicholls of I mp 0t U' S- Chief Justice White, G0V°f?he Confederate a UIolan:k an(l of Gen. Braxton Brass Uf l-ini: Bithon erfrg)y' -01d Episcopal Church of the Fisht directions® ., ,| h„uContl!'lm«-'’ Graveled drives in “
. and old sugar plantations, mills and home*
From San DIcbo	From St. Austin.
that are reminiscent of Old Louisiana. Lake Verret bathing beach and community resort, fishing and boat-ing, 27 mi. north and west.	1
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Drexlcr Motor Co. Storage, drive-ia station, acces-sones. J. L. Drexler.
Jefltric3 Hotel. European Plan. John H. Mayer Bank of Thibodaux and Trust Co. C. P. Shaver, cashier Bank of Lafourche, h. J. Braud, cashier.
THIBODAUX ROUTE
2060.9---------GIBSON, LA. (Bayou Black)_______________ 756.1
17.8	mi. Gravel and Shell.
Pop. 3S7. Elevation 12 ft.
2043.1----MORGAN CITY, LA. (Berwick Bay).______________ 773.9
8.7	mi. Gravel. Ferry over Berwick Bay from 5:45 A. M. to Midnight.
Pop. 5429. Elevation 15 ft. Tourist Camp—None. Country hotel. OST Councilors, M. E. Norman and H.
J. Boudreaux.
Morgan City i3 on Berwick Bay. the Gulf outlet of the numerous waterways that constitute the Atchafalaya Basin. It is said you can cruise, fish and hunt for many days out from Morgan City over lakes, bays and bayous noted in song and commerce, and seldom repeat on your course. Of some 2000 mi. of navigable waters in southern Louisiana, a half arc in this basin. This was the ancient outlet of the Mississippi river. The lumber and fur industries, and the oyster shell chick feed industry, are extensive.
Avoca Island with 16,000 acre3 13 dyked, reclaimed and extensively developed. Morgan City ships 30,000,000 early cabbage plants. On Lake Palourde is the Morgan City bathing and camping beach.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Walsh Garage. Ford-Lincoln. Tourist service.
Schwing’s Restaurant. Day and night service. Tourists welcomed.
Miller-Leonard Motor Co. Next to Post Office. Star-Durant-Flint.
2034.4	_PATTERSON, LA. (Atchafalaya River).. 782.6
17.9	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 2538. Elevation 10 ft. Tourist Camp—None.
Clean country hotel, good meals. OST Councilors, H.
P. Williams and J. B. Sanarens.
Old sugar plantations again, sugar mills, plantation homes, clusters of negro cabins, shaded drives, the Atchafalaya river and then the Bayou Teche by the roadside.
This is the beginning of the Teche country, the land of the Acadian exiles. Patterson lies near the junction of the Atchafalaya river and the Bayou Teche, with Grand Lake just above. Here the largest cypress null in the world has developed—the F. B. Williams Co. West 15 mi., on Bayou Teche, their second big plant Wl‘* , passed. We3t and south by gravel road is Bayou Sale Beach (salt beach) on the Gulf. Graveled roads m all directions. A friendly town, and numerous pleasures u you stop a while.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Sanarens Drug Store. J. B. Sanarens.
2016.5 .................FRANKLIN, LA. (Bayou Teche).... 800.5
18.8	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 3504. Elevation 11 ft. Tourist Camp^mall grove on Bayou Teche. Hotel. OST Councilor, Wilson McKerall, Jr.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE McKcrail Motor Co. Opp. Court House. Complete service.
1997.7________________JEANERETTE, LA. (Bayou Teche)----819.3
11.0	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 2512. Elevation 20 ft. Tourist Camp—la peean grove on Bayou Techo. cast end, semi-secluded, at ice plant, toilets, caretaker. Country hotel. Uhl Councilors, A. P. Moresi and Frank Beau meu.
J eanerette is another center for the enjoj me numerous waterways of southern Loii'SjaHa. fresh water beaches, fishing, hunting and	tijj
The town is on the bank of Bayou Teehei the OST stm follows this bayou famed in- the stories .of Evaneeime and the Acadians. The scenes are all «P‘n,s^nt S-Chly Old South. Graveled drives in all directions thru highly