SLIDELL. Large brick and shipbuilding Din„to r, tlie winter strawberry district that sends8 out » VE<5i8e ot crop. Country hotel. Free camp in pines just no.H^’?09,000 Inf.—T. J. Eddins, Slidell Garage.	0ltb o£ t0"'n.
RIGOLETS AND CHEF MENTEUR FERRlPc „ sentially continuous night and day. 75c and 50c A» ici...' is crossed, 0 mi. Bridges authorized.	u	island
*NEW ORLEANS. The Port of the Mississippi Valley strong industrially and financially. One of the most interest’ -mg cities in the U. S. Founded 1718 by the French: was under Spanish rule; transferred to the U. S. in iso:t The old French Quarter is a charming ramble and close to the palatial hotels, fine theatres and inviting stores. Many days i can be spent in this fascinating city that has grown from the mingling of the races and types that have battled with and built up the Mississippi Valley. (See page -14).
Hotels—BIENVILLE, at Lee Circle; DE 80T0, near business center; JUNG, new. moderate; LAFAYETTE, faces Lafayette Square; LA SALLE, new. moderate: MONTE-LEONE, in the French Quarter; ROOSEVELT, leads, center of activities; ST. CHARLES, a famous hotel, remodeled.
No camp. Inf.—Motor League of La. (AAA) at Uion-ville Hotel; Automobile Club of La., 514 St. Charles St.: the Association of Commerce; the N. 0. Convention & Publicity Bureau, Inc.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Ferry at Walnut St., continuous,
20c to 40c. New bridge. 810,000.000, financed and construction apparently assured.
WESTWEGO. Industrial settlement west side of river. LULING. The Old Spanish Trail leaves the Mississippi River here and turns into southern Louisiana.
PARADIS. Country hotel.
DES ALLEMANDS. On the bayou; fishing. Country hotel. Camp space.
RACELAND. On Bayou La Fourche. Center for some
82,000	acres of. delta lands, dyked, drained and iutensno j farmed. "Raceland’s Little Holland" is an unusual an interesting country. The local hotel has clean rooms a good meals. Camp space. Inf.—Ayo’s service station, go ■ HOUMA. On Bayou Black. Fish, oysters, shrimpi an _ fur industries. Centered among the lmyous of I he • Mississippi River delta; fishing, hunting and waterI ’ tire fine. The drive westward along the Bayou Black l ‘ s old sugar plantations, negro colonies and quaint • of the old South. RHODES and CITY HOTELS. Free >• in Sutlinn Park. Inf.—Association of Commerce.
“MORGAN CITY. On Berwick Bay. the gulf	va
the numerous waterways that constitute the Atciin • ■ • . Basin. It is said you can cruise, fish and bunt lor . g days out from Morgan City over lakes, bays and noted in song and commerce, and seldom repeat • rJ1 course. Of some 2.000 mi. of navigable waters In -	. ]lt
Louisiana, a half are in this basin. This was the	.
outlet of the Mississippi River. The lumber and i	.VP.
tries, and the oyster shell chick feed industry, arc c-	;jni;e
Morgan City ships 80.000.000 early cabbage plants.
Palourde is the Morgan City bathing and camping	0f
COSTELLO HOTEL. Camp space. Inf—Associa Commerce.
BERWICK BAY. Continuous ferry, 85c.	_	iv(,r
BERWICK. West side of Bay. Camp space along ri • PATTERSON. Old sugar plantations again, plantation homes, clusters of negro cabins, shade t)|(, the Atchafalaya River niul then I he Bayou *1 1	;	t	he
roadside. This is the beginning of the Tcehc cot land of the Acadian exiles. Patterson lies near tne j
i>t tlie AtcUafalnya River and (lie Xiayou Techo, with Grand Lake just above. Here the largest cypress mill in the world the F. B. II illiams Co. West 15 mi. at Garden City their second big plant will lie passed. All thru this country are graveled roads, bayous, lakes and salt-water bays; fishing, hunting, boating, bathing; well-farmed lands, old live oaks and pecans—-southern Louisiana is an interesting country.
Uic BERNEAUIt is a clean country hotel, good meals.
FRANKLIN. Sugar cane section; large refinery. The highway, still follows the Bayou Teclie and the interesting old southern scenes. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, fills early.
CHAItENTON. Village. Grand Lake, bathing and fishing near.
JIiiANhKETTE. Sugar, rice and corn. Table salt is mined near here at 050 ft. depths. Fresh and salt-water fishing and bathing. The Bayou Teclie is one of the most interesting waterways in America; all South Louisiana is filled with pleasant and unexpected scenes. Country hotel, not modern. Camp near Morcsi’s foundry.
:,!N'E\V IBEIUA. The Evangeline country. The highway leaves the Bayou Teclie here. Sugar, rice, cotton, tobasco peppers and salt mines. Wild life sanctuaries southward toward the gulf. HOTEL FREDERIC, modern, good restaurant. Inf.—at Hotel Frederic.
CADE. Leave Old Spanish Trail here for St. Martinvillc,
0 mi. north.
ST. MARTIN VILLE TIio old Acadian town where Evangeline lived is the quaint center for many little journeys. On the bank of the Teclie is the spreading live oak where Evangeline and her people landed; near by are the Evangeline home, church and other sacred landmarks. The surrounding towns and country are Interesting. Bayou Teche is on a southerly course here, and these are the western highlands of the Atcliafalnya Basin, the ancient outlet of the Mississippi River. The Acadians were exiled from Nova Scotia in 1755. Herded in old ships, families and friends torn asunder, some were lauded in Maryland, some In Louisiana, most of them to become wanderers searching for one another. After three years the Maryland group worked south seeking their lost ones. The French had established Ft. Attakapas in 1750 at the present St. Martinvillc. The Evangeline party reached At-takapas about 1700. Numerous graveled roads.
VOORIIIES HOTEL is a comfortable, homelike old southern
place.
BROUSSARD. Tbe I lu ce largest sugar mills in Louisiana are on tbe 01(1 Spanish Trail: Raceland, Franklin and Broussard. The bagasse, the stalk after tbe cane juice lias been pressed out, was formerly used as fuel, now is made into eolotex for Insulating material. Visitors are
welcomed.
*LAFAYETTH. A commercial and transportation center and growing fast. Cotton, corn and rice production meet in ibis Parish and westward the interesting rice fields prevail, flooded in growing time. HOTEL GORDON leads. TER-ItACE HOTEL, 25 mis., clean, attractive. Camp space in grove on Vermilion Bayou. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
BAYNE. Bice and cotton. The plains of southwestern Louisiana are now a vast rice growing area. II clls^ o00 to -100 ft. deep pump three io four million gallons of water daily. The COMMERCIAL, good country hold with French
cooking. Camp space.
CROWLEY. Tlie • Bice City of America.” As much rice is grown in Acadia Parish as in alt California. A county is called a parish in Louisiana. Tlie largest rice area in the United States is tills Crowley district. When it was found in 3SS5 these prairies coulcl be flooded aitificiallj, I lien drained and harvested with wheat-harvesting lna-' eldnery, men came from all states and large commercial
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