GUNTER, 550 mis. all with bath, enlarged and completely modernized, center of activities. OST headq., Balter hotel system. HAMILTON, 05 rms„ moderate priced, quiet street, nice hotel. JEFFERSON, 70 nns., moderate priced commercial in business center. MENGER, 300 rms., 200 with bath, a noted tourist hotel many years, spacious lobbies, patio, old southern dinners. Baker hotel system. PLAZA, 500 rms., all with bath, now, splendidly equipped modern hotel home. ROBERT E. LEE, 200 rms., all with bath, new, well lilted, well equipped, §2.50 down. Percy Tyrrell hotel system. ST. ANTHONY, 450 rms., fine hotel, spacious lobbies, large veranda facing park. TRAVELERS, 150 rms., comfortable, popular commercial hotel, centrally located. All well regulated, well located hotels.
CAMPS—Nice free municipal camp in riverside grove at Josephine St. Numerous private wimps. The two listed below rank among the best in the United States for equipment and service.
GRANDE COURT TOURIST APMTS. 2-3-4 rms., kitchenettes, showers, living rms., dinettes, well furnished; nice lawns, flowers, excellent service. Mulberry and Jones Sts., near Brackenridgc Park.
ANGELES COURT. Attached bungalows of most modern character, on OST west. Equal to hotel Apmts. Sec display adv.
For pleasant auto service—Jamison’s at 3rd and Broadway and Lowry’s at 1227 Navarro. Jamison has filling sta., washes, greases, carries accessories and Hood tires. Lowry has filling st., quick tire service, accessories and Kelly tires. The men are efficient and attentive.
INF.—Old Spanish Trail headquarters at Gunter Hotel. S. A. Automobile League, (AAA) Crockett Hotel; Chamber of Commerce, Aztec Bldg.
THRU THE HILLS
San Antonio to El Paso—582 miles
Koad Conditions
This section Is usually driven without hardship in two and three days. Well graded, well maintained gravel prevails; 200 ml. are paved. The rondbed is broad, grades and. curves are comfortnble. At Roosevelt for 12 ml. the Llano River is forded a dozen times on umler-water concrete bridges; between the fords the old trail is maintained. A new rond is to be built. This river trnll with its spring water and shady groves is enjoyed by most people. Dry weather prevails in West Texas.
Description of Country
The Old Spanish Trnll westward from San Antonio cuts directly thru the Texas Hill Country to El Paso. The mileage Is shortened and the traveler enjoys the rugged hills and sparkling waters that have made the Hill Country noted for Its cattle and goat ranches and popular for recreation. The elevation and the dry sunsihne make the climate enjoyable and allow all-year outdoor sports and pleasures. Fourteen clear-wiiter rivers are in West Texas. Bexar, Kendall. Kerr and ivunble counties have a thousand miles of spring-fed rivers creeks. \cry good drinking water prevails. Hotels servo h,m n^COuntpy meals. Three new, fine hotels have just been Ih«tiniid /?thers enl‘lPffed- Camps of all kinds are settling in ountry—church encampments, auto, ranch nnd rec-cnnips, boys’ and girls’ character camps, boy and girl id numerous other institutional enmps. In the Davis tJ*® Madera Springs mountain club is developing with nn i fnr GU 81Ce ,fo/ nll-ycur service and all kinds of pleasures and for Old Spanish Trail travel.
Old History
souJht "ws S.nlI.e with a colonizing expedition from Franco Mlssisslnn! Vn i ,ippi. Rlver *o take possession of the vast and8 Ian clod	tho. nn,ne ot his king. He failed in this
SlJnv An,!085 ^ {}lc. t«*«h coast. Spain learned of this from* Movlrn^rifi°ry ll c\nI,ncd nnd in 1089 sent an expedition Snlio lmS	\]' y i reached the La Salle site and found La
or gone nivnv murdered by his men and tho French were dead and foundif ™i.8^Cond 1expcd,tlon in 1090 continued northward Texas In ififlfl !*fln °ns in *,le Nacogdoches district in East «9- In 16"-1‘00 a group Of missions was established south
of tho Rio Grande between the present Eagle Pass nnd Laredo. In 171(5-17 four new missions were established near Nacogdoches but Spain found Nacogdoches too remote an outpost so in 1718 tho mission, now tho historic Alamo, was transferred from the Rio Grande nnd a fort (presidio) was established near it— nnd San Antonio dates from this. In 1720. the .'Mission San Jose was established. In 1731 the A'illa of San Fernando do Bexar (townsito) was started and the missions Concepcion, San Juan and San Francisco were transferred from the Nucog-dochcs district to the San Antonio River.
From San Antonio other missions were established over a wide area. Gradually tho outlying missions were abandoned or Indians destroyed them. Tho San Antonio missions grew into great establishments. Fine stone churches and other buildings and irrigating systems were built. Today tho ruins bear mute testimony to great achievement. These enterprises, so deep in a savage land, were remarkable achievements even in that brilliant age.
LEON SPRINGS. Jet. to Camp Stanley, one of the large U.S. military reservations. R. Aue Service Station, good.
*BOERNE. Beginning of West Texas Hill Country; sheep, goat and cattle ranches. KENDALL INN, PHILLIPS and HILLTOP hotels. Free and cabin camps.
LIVE OAK SERVICE STA. (at sign, “North Boeme”) Goodyear, Firestone tires; rest rms., iced drinks.
GUADALUPE RIVER at Comfort; this river now followed for 20 mi.
COMFORT. On the Guadalupe river. These hills and valleys between Comfort and Boerne offer some of the prettiest driving scenery in America. Rustic drives among the hills. Pretty farms in the valleys, goat ranches back in the hills and canyons. Elevations nnd dry sunshine provide a stimulating climate. Hermann Sons I-Iome on a hill crest westward.
MEYER HOTEL—Mrs. and Mrs. Ellcnbcrger. Pleasant country place, good meals. §2.50 to §3.00 A.P. Open day and night.
COMFORT AUTO CO. Ford dealers. Well equipped garage and service.
COMFORT DRIVE-IN FILLING STA. Tires, repairs, accessories, general service, rest rms. 0:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M.
HIGHWAY SERVICE STA. Grease rack, (ires; iced drinks; general service. 6:30 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.
ARMADILLO FARM. 3.G mi. west. (Chas. Appelt). You have seen flic odd looking armadillo baskets on sale. See these queer animals alive at the world's only armadillo farm.
Free camp on river, east.
CENTER POINT. On a river bluff; a bill town resort. Church encampment near. Several small hotels. BRUFF HOUSE leads. Camp space along the river. Cabin camp in a riverside grove on OST west.
BURNEY’S GARAGE and service sfa. Grease rack, tires, gen. repairs. Ford and Chcv. parts, storage, labor §1. tow car. Ph. 3, 5:30 A. M. to 9:30 P. M.
COX & EDENS GARAGE, service sfa., Ford dealers, parts, repairs on all cars, labor §1, tow car. 0 A. M. to 10 P. M.
*KERRVILLE. A resort capital of the hills. Largest primary wool and mohair market in Texas. Numerous camps along the river; cabin and free auto camps, boys’ and girls’ character camps, church encampments. East 3 mi. on the OST, the American Legion §2,000,000 hospital now conducted by (lie U.S. Government; adjoining arc the Schreiner Institute and the Presbyterian Encampment. BLUE BONNET HOTEL, new, inodcrn, 140 rms., overlooks Guadaglupc River. ST. CHARLES and other hotels.
INF.—Chamber of Commerce.
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