The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-28
RIO dRESSIyE NEW SMYRNA
NEW SMYRNA is situated fifteen

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miles south of Daytons and is an
ideal spot reached from Daytona by
! hard surface road winning through
one OF the most pictures que parts of
Florida.
With its ancient ruins dating back
to a time when the history of man
runneth not, interlaced With wires of
the modern telegraph ard telephone,
its miles os shell streets as hard and
smooth as floor and over-arched bv /
hoary forest giants that grew in state
ly grandeur during the lapse OF BY
gone centuries, New Sn yrDa is truly I
a place of romance and rest.
All nature here is very inviting to
the tourist and pleasure seeker. Here
too is to be found the best fishing and |
hunting in the State of Florida.
The people are thrifty, the bust
ness men enterprising, and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of
hospitality to strangers. There are
five church edihces for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population: the town HIS an excellent
high school, a splendid public lib
rary, and up-to-date business houses.
There are any nun Der of pretty
homes for the permanent population.
which numbers close to 1000, and
some very fine winter residences.
There are good hotels and boarding
houses where You can find accomo-
dations to meet your requirements.
Adjoining New SMYRNA is as fine
section of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has
bean divided into small farms which
can be bought at reasonable pr. ces
Some of the finest celery grown in
the State is raised on this land. All
other vegetables grow in abundance,
and here, too, is the home Of the fam
Gus Indian River oranges.
New Smyrna has no bonded in
debtedness and the tax levy is low.
A point that no tourist should fail
to visit is the ruins cf the Old Span
ish Mission which sand somber and
alone about one and a quarter miles
southwest of New Sr1H-na. A good
road leads to the place and the trip
can be easily made by an automobile
Silent, in the great pine fats by the
margin of the forest, is this place o.
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
devious for the picricker. The ruin.
are extensive, and while there is ne
authentic history o. their origin, i
is presumed that the Mission wa
built by the Francis cans in the day
when the once powerful Kingdom o
Spain first planted its flag upon wha
is now American soil. 1t was bull
of coquina, the roof being of tn
same material, cut into thin slab
and covered with cement plaster
Extensive gardens surrounded il
which were enclosed by a ston
| wall, portions of which still remain
Visitors usually come in partie
merry and curious but the spell c
ii the piace-soon falls upon them an
| they separate to sit alone, silent an
| meditative, under the arches or be
| side the ancient we'll
CORONADO
/ Is situated on the peninsula opposit
New Smyrna and is connected by
| good road and bridge over the dee
| current of Indian River. Here yo
/ can put aside your convention;
/ garb, breathe in large and deep ii
| salty tonic of the sea and enjoy you
| self to your hearts content with re
and reel in row or sail boat or IN II
ocean surf a short half-mile ava
The great varieties of fish inhabitiI
the river and lago on pass through Il
channel from the sea beneath Il
bridge. From verandas, upper ba
comics and windows you behold Il
= magnificent river, the distant lagoo
\ and islands, the forest-covered pc
II insula and the vast reaches OF t
Atlantic Ocean.
HAWKS PARK
A pretty village located along I
y ridge above the Indian River t.
. and one-half miles south OF M
J Smyrna and conn ected with fine sh
- roads. There is the appearance
oil newness, comfort and ssclusion abe
the place which stamps it as the abe
of people who come here to enJ
the blessings OF outdoor life q"
. from places where crowds are apt
gather.