From St. Augustine
From San Diego
From St. Augustiae	Prom	San	Diego
shelter house, screened dining room, tables, benches, shower baths, toilets, electric lights, wood. OST Councilors, Joe North and L. B. Adams.
Sheep and goat ranches and bumper gates; high rock-bound hills and plateaus.
The roads are better from Ozona westward, considerable work has been done. Mesas, small valleys and one “Alpine hill” 38 mi. west, are encountered. Live Oak creek is 34.7 mi. west, with the ruins of the old frontier Camp Lancaster on the stream nearby. Ozona is another mid-west community with schools and civic improvements developing nicely and a country to interest the traveler.
_at Phantom Springs 8.2 mi. west. Hotel Balmorhea. OST Councilor, B. W. Van Deren.
Balmorhea, named from founders, Balcomb, Morris, and Rhea. A district of alfalfa, melons, apples, pears. Peaches and honey created by irrigation from Head Springs located at Toyahvale. The OST takes the northern foothills of the Davis Mountains. Balmorhea is the northern entrance.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Balmorhea. Home cooking, clean. C. M. Linton. 0 ui?r Filling Station. Garage, repairs, supplies. John B. Colley.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Royal Hotel & Cafe. Home cooking. Clean service.
Ozona Garage. North side of Park. 8000-ft. floor space. Ladies* rest room. Tourist camp.
Chris Meinecke. General store. Food, hardware, ammunition, camp goods.
Ozona Meat Market. Finest barbecue meats. Day and night service.
Flowers & Adams. The Big Store. All lines of merchandise.
Ozona Hotel. W. B. Grannis.
1240.9_______SHEFFIELD, TEXAS (Pecos River).—1576.1
73.0	mi. Graded Dirt and Gravel.
Pop. 100. Elevation 2229 ft. Tourist Camp—Maintained by community one mile off OST at Peco3 Springs. Country Hotel. OST Vice Pres. Mrs. Josephine Couch.
Ancient crossing of the Pecos river back in Spanish, pioneer and military days. Ruins of old Camp Lancaster, east of the river. A noted ancient trail was from San Antonio to Ft. Clark (Brackettville), then up the Pecos country to Camp Lancaster, crossing the Pecos at Sheffield and connecting the Spanish frontiers at San Antonio, and at Chihuahua. Later the overland mail route from San Antonio to El Paso and San Diego.
At Sheffield the traveler enters the big cattle ranch country and long mileages without houses. Stock up carefully with supplies.
THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS
A great state park is planned in these mountains.
Ft. Davis was a noted frontier post. The mountains range up to 9000 ft. They will become the only all-year mountain park in the U. S., and of remarkable attraction. Hereford herds of purest breed range the mountains and valleys. Ft. Davis is the county seat. A tourist camp is provided in a cottonwood grove nearby.
Dry and cool temperature summer and winter. The Bloys Camp Meeting, held in August each year, is non-denomi-nationnl and noted all over Texas. Their grounds are in a valley a mile high 18 ml. west of Ft. Davis. The mountains are reached from Ft. Stockton, Balmorhea,
Van Horn, Valentine, Marfa or Alpine.
1078.3.................... KENT,	TEXAS.........-.........1738.7
38.4	mi. Gravel. (6 mi. rough around Plateau.)
Pop. 31. Elevation 4202 ft. Country store with gas and oil.
1039.9__________________VAN	HORN,	TEXAS-...............1777.1
33.3	mi. (11 mi. Gravel; 10 mi. Dirt; 12 mi. Gravel.)
Pop. 614. Elevation 4010 ft. Tourist Camp—Shelter and ovens.
Cattle country. Western gate to Davis Mountains. A store and garage will be found at Allamore 10.9 mi. west of Van Horn. Some interesting mountain and canyon driving.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE SCTVicc!ield Gara,:0- Supplies and repairs. Day and night
1167.9-...........FT.	STOCKTON,	TEXAS..........—1649.1
Zero at Post Office.
53.6	mi. (33.7 mi. Graded Dirt; balance Gravel.)
Pop. 1297. Elevation 2948 ft. Tourist Camp—At Comanche Springs, community house, kitchen, dressing room, shower bath, electric lights, stoves, swimming pool at springs. Hotel Stockton. OST Councilors,
James Rooney and Dr. D. J. Sibley.
“The Spring City of Texas” is a bit of country made to blossom by irrigation from great springs that gU3h from the rocks. Comanche Chief spring flows 36,000,000 gals, daily; the group of springs, 55,000,000 gals. Over 1000 cars of alfalfa shipped annually. Fruits, vegetables nnd grains produced. The army built old Ft. Stockton,
The springs in the arid country west of the Peco3 river were the “waterholes” and stations when the overland coaches traveled between San Antonio nnd San Diego.
The army planted its frontier posts around them. More anciently they were points of contest as Indian tribes and Spanish conquerors, adventurers and missionaries struggled for mastery. Leon Springs, 7 mi. we3t of Ft. Stockton, flow 1,684,800 gals, daily, irrigating 21,000 acres and also creating Leon Lake of 700 acres. Stock up carefully with supplies in this West Texas country.
Davis Mountains reached by two routes thru Ft. Stockton.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Stockton Pharmacy. Drugs, kodaks, fountain, confections.
Rooney Mercantile Co. Complete department store.
Camp nnd auto supplies.
Stockton Bakery. Fresh daily baking. Tourist and camp needs.
Hotel Stockton. Largest, best equipped hotel between San Antonio and El Paso.
City Garage. Main St. Ph. 103. Day and night service.
Pace Auto Co. Authorized Ford sales and service.
Tourist headquarters.
City Meat Market. Fresh and barbecued meats. Clean, sanitary. W. F. Hokit.
1114.3____________________BALMORHEA,	TEXAS..........1702.7
36.0	ml. (10 mi. Gravel; 16 mi. Dirt; 10 mi. Gravel.)
Pop. 400. Elevation 3200 ft. Tourist Camp and bath-
1006.6___________SIERRA	BLANCA,	TEXAS-...........1810.4
34.7 mi. Gravel.
Pop. 723. Elevation 4512 ft. Tourist Camp — A camp house in case of emergency. Palace Hotel. OST Councilor, E. T. Anderson.
High, rocky country, rich in old Indian and Spanish lore. The traveler is on the ancient travclway to the west. Back in the days of wild animals and Indians the pass thru the mountains, now El Paso, was the way westward. Sierra Blanca means “white mountain.”
INFORMATION AND SERVICE Borderland Auto Co. Lincoln-Ford-Fordson. Garage storage, supplies.
Palace Hotel. Clean. Reasonable. Home cooking.
g71_9_______FT. HANCOCK, TEX. (Rio Grande)___________1845.1
23.6	mi. (11 mi. Gravel, then Paving.)
Pop. 34. Elevation 3519 ft. Small accommodations in emergency.
The highway now follows the course of the Rio Grande into and beyond El Paso. Town one-half mile north of OST. The old fort was abandoned in 1883; some of the old buildings remain. Irrigation system continues 40 mi. southeast of Ft. Hancock, following the river.
948.3------FABENS, TEXAS (Rio Grande)_____________1868.7
16.6 mi. Paving.
Pop. 500. Elevation 3612 ft. Tourist Camp-On island m the Rio Grande. Small hotel and garage U Fabens is a growing community. Irrigation growing cotton and alfalfa.	b	"lg
. n____________YSLETA, TEXAS-________________1885.3
*	12.7	mi.	Paving.
2025 Elevation 3827 ft. Interurban to El Paso, n'his is the "Valley Road” of El Paso, following the of the Rio Grande. This tree-shaded highway, nH the irrigating canals, truck gardens and country an“ „ offer an attractive picture. There are canals and i r^i^ions that date back to the Spaniards of the 17th 0*d tnrv Clint 7.4 mi. west of Fabens and one-fourth ceMoUnf"f the OST was first called by the Spanish, San Suvnrio and is claimed as older than El Paso. Ysleta its old mission carry their history back to the aJl;.r-irle3 that made Santa Fo the second oldest city in fi «UJnnited States. This Rio Grande Valley around El t*ie wa3 a strategic point between Mexico City and Mexico. The mission San Jose lies nearer El Paso.
From San Dicco	From	SI.	Ao,ultlt|
nig o _____EL PASO, TEXAS (Rio Grande)... ion,
Zero at Hotel Paso Del Norte.
19.6	mi. Paving.
Pop. 77,560. Elevation 3762 ft. Tourist Camps—a. Washington Park on OST at east edge of city, all con-veniences. Camp Grande, Alameda Ave., east end of OST, fine accommodations, both private and general
El Paso del Norte, the Pass of the North, Gateway to Mexico and the new Southwest, keypoint to a veritable empire. Cabeza de Vaca and his companions passed here in 1536. First Spanish settlement made in 1659. Noted point on El Camino Real (the King’s High-way) from Mexico City to Santa Fe. City of import-ance, modern in every respect: manufacturing and distributing center. In heart of rich irrigated farming, cattle and mining districts. Ft. Bliss, one of the most important military and air bases in the United States, is located at El Paso.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Hotel Paso Del Norte. Leading hotel between San Antonio and California.
Camp Grande. Southwests* Premier Camp. Camping space and conveniences. Also private accommodations.
Perry Tire_ Co., 600 Texas St. Phone Main 146. Kelly-
899.4.....ANTHONY, N. M.-STATE LINE_________________1917.6
Rio Grande.
21.1	mi. Concrete Paving.
Pop. 938. Elevation 3793 ft.
878.3______________MESILLA	PARK, N. M...........1938.7
66.7	mi. (Graded Gravel 7 mi. west from Mesilla Park;
30 mi. Natural Gravel and Dirt; 29.4 mi. of Graded Gravel to Deniing.)
Pop. 1000. Elevation 3878 ft.
Rio Grande 5 mi. west of Mesilla Park.
811.6___________________DEMING,	N. M______________20054
61.8	mi. (Gravel 21 mi. west from Doming; under construction 34 mi.; Gravel 7 mi.)
Pop. 3212. Elevation 4215 ft.
Over the Divide at 4584 ft.
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749.8	........... LORDSBURG,	N. M- —
48.0	Gravel.
Pop. 1325. Elevation 4244 ft.
701.8 ____________________RODEO, N. M-------
State Line 1.8 mi. west.
51.8	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 267. Elevation 4118 ft.
650.0---------------DOUGLAS,	ARIZ-------
Zero at Hotel Gadsden.
24.6	mi. Concrete Paving.
Pop. 9916. Elevation 3966 ft.
625.4 ...................BISBEE, ARIZ-------
Zero at Depot.
26.3	mi. Gravel and Asphalt.
Pop. 9205. Elevation 5294 ft.
Continental Divide crossed at 6030 ft. elevation.	^
599-l...........-TOMBSTONE,	ARIZ-..............22‘"
26.3	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 1178. Elevation 4537 ft.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE A. H. Gardner, OST Vice President, would	?
have you stop. Branch at Tombstone for Nogales ihe old missions in Santa Cruz Valley.	.
572.8	---BENSON, ARIZ. (San Pedro River)—-2244'
52.4	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 825. Elevation 3578 ft.
520.4	.............  TUCSON,	ARIZ..............'	'
Zero at Congress St. and Stone Ave.
®9-6 mi. (Concrete 5.4 mi., then Gravel to Florence.
Pop. 20,292 Elevation 2380 ft. location of the University of Arizona.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Tucson Chamber of Commerce.
From San Diego	From St. Augustine
450.8-------FLORENCE, ARIZ. (Gila River)____________2366.2
67.3	mi. Paving and Gravel.
Pop. 1161. Elevation 1490 ft.
383.5	----PHOENIX, ARIZ. (Salt	River)______2433.5
Zero at Adams Hotel.
34.6	mi. Paving.
Pop. 29,053. Elevation 1052 ft.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
Automobile Club of Arizona. Van Buren and Central ave.
348.9................. BUCKEYE,	ARIZ................2468.1
9.3	mi. Concrete construction to be finished Jan. 1925.
Pop. 726. Elevation 980 ft.
339.6	____HASSAYAMPA RIVER,	ARIZ.......2477.4
79.0	mi. Gravel.
Pop. ------ Elevation 875 ft.
260.6	---------AZTEC,	ARIZ.	(Gila	River)______2556.4
81.6	mi. Gravel.
Pop. 62. Elevation 491 ft.
179.0	____YUMA, ARIZ. (Colorado	River)______26381)
Zero at Bridge. Colorado River the State Line.
46.8	mi. (Paving, Gravel and 6 mi. of Plank Road.)
Pop. 4237. Elevation 139 ft.
132.2______________IIOLTVILLE,	CAL............2684.S
11.2	mi. Graded	Dirt.
Pop. 1317. 19 ft. below sea level.
121.0	___________EL CENTRO,	CAL............2696.0
121.0	mi. Paving and Gravel.
Pop. 5464. Below sea level, 51 ft.
0.0____________SAN DIEGO,	CAL............2817.0
Zero at OST Zero Milestone at the Plaza.
Pop. 74.683. Elevation 46 ft. at City Hall. OST Director, Ed Fletcher, Jr.	.	.	,
San Diego is the Pacific Terminus of the Old Spanish Trail. It is the beginning of the Spanish occupation of California. The first mission, San Diego de Alcala, was started in 1769, then followed those other sanctuaries “a day’s journey apart” northward on and beyond San Francisco, twenty-one in all. While the patriots on the Atlantic slope were fighting England for freedom Spain was peacefully building the missions alon» the Pacific slope. Earlier than this her missions at Tucson and Nogales, at Santa Fe. at El P^sonrid Ysleta, at San Antonio. St. Augustine and elsewhere^ and her works all thru these Southern Borderlands ere crowning her name with an interest that will live thru the ages. The legends nnd landmarks ot a romantic past lie along the pathways and out among the by ways of tho Old Spanish Trail.
INFORMATION AND SERVICE
San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
TRAVEL TALKS
You Inn Travelog i3 a new method for presenting travel information, much	P	’.mprov®	with	your	suggestions. The gathering of so
task ^£0r™atl°" and reducing it to brief and orderly form is a big the hiVh? lrave{°Ks are on distribution by numerous members along dirnnf;«2Way’ a.nt* by chambers of commerce, auto clubs and tourist bv	afi:oacie3	thruout	the	United	States,	Mexico	and	Canada, and
J n°ws-stands and stationery stores.
intorv»cf	directors,	councilors	and	information	bureaus are
eninw , ln developing travel comforts and friendliness. They will enjoy your calls.
The Old Spanish Trail is under state maintenance except for 60 crew n Ama* ^ is a pleasant sight to observe the maintenance th« if 'v°rking to make driving conditions always a little better despite thov haVy jVear a°d tear of traffic, and to see here and there things y nave done along the roadside to add to your safety and comfort.
The aim of the membership is to make this the first paved highway across the United States. Gravel will not endure under such constant, all-year service.
The Texas, the Gulf, .***»-»* SS5S& " m'mber4 and holtiinir Dromote travel comfort