TH3 OLD SPANISH THAI! Prom where the flowers of Florida Smile on the southern Gulf, To where the Arizona hills Are rich with copper pelf. And then to where the west am shores Greet the incoming sail, The road of glory twines its wuy--The good Old Spanish Trail. The lure of gold, the hope of fame. That drew the Spaniard on, That steeled his heart to high emprise Are never, never gone. But still today they "beckon plain O’er mountain, hill and dale, And still the ranks of chiva ry Sing on he Spanish Trail, —■ F.F,M„ in the Bisb&e Review, Dream-wrapped in memory’s mystic spell, I rang the rusted mission hell, And called to hill and vale and sea To give their dead again to me— The hrown-rohed priests, the altar lights, The hosts of dark-eyed neophytes. ---John Lie Ore arty. The Old Spanish Trail from Florida to California is the national trunk lino artery for the Southern Borderlands. It is the overland highway for the southern ports and centers of industry including St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Pensacola. Mobile, Hew Orleans, Lake Charles, Beaumont, Houston, San Antonio, *’l Paso, Douglas find Bishce, Tucson, -ohoenix, Yuma, SI Centro and San Diego. It is the connecting artery for the playgrounds in the winter sunshine; the travelway of the Gulf Country, of the Mexican Border points and for Old Mexico; the only highway for all-year sports, relaxation and touring pleasures; and it is the thread that hinds together the scenes of three centuaies of romantic Spanish adventure and conquest. From Florida to California it is a constantly changing picture thru the most alluring country on the continent .