The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-04-21

Veterans viii Find q III 32Ff;;'
Progressive City
MANY Points Of Historic Interest 20
Be Visited By Survivors OF 81
Army During Week

Jacksonville, Fla.-When the ION
Tolerate veterans and their friends as
sambIe here for their path annual re-
union thew will be introduced to city |
and community, proud OF the pfeSen'
and loyal 10 The ideals Of the oid South .
Making jacksonville the nun OIL "
wheel rweRty-iive miles in diameter I
. tar,.itorv is covered rich N historic /
associations and interest aud at the |
same time Il fit exponent Of al lh"I
is progressive in The southern states /
Jacksonville is a city OF So,o90 popu' !
lation. with handsome business BLOCKS
modern sk}scfapers, commodloHs no
tells and residence sections that com
pare favorably with the best III the /
country The Gity's business mas
grown into large proportions, embfac-
ing every line known to moaeTu
city. Jacksonville OF to-day IS i'll an
respects q thriving center OF trade
and commerce, naeh o. its commerce
going across the seas INTO foreign
icountries on ocean steamships It's
transportation facilities are superb
/ both by rail and water. Railroads
! feeding the great Florida Peninsula
center here. Thousands OF tourists
and uncoanted tons of freight pass
! through the CITY and port every year.
the one hunting health and pleasure.
the other scattering out over tHe evil
lied world to DO its part in supplying
the demands Of the consumers Of the
earth.
And while the visitors are enjoying
this view AND prospect OF modern
business and community thrift, they
viii be given an opportunity to look
down the past three hundred and fifty
wears. All OF this territory was In dis
pute three and a hals centuries age
between the French and spanish, With
the wild Indian holding the balance ct
power berraeu the eomhataats. The
Frenchman aae he SPaniard both laid
claim to the Florida territory Watch
vas first 10 discover it is q natter
over which historians differ, but i is
we'll authenticated that the first white
men to sss loot avon the soil ROW CO..
cred by Jacksonville were Frenehme.
under EeHa Laut9unero,
The Nrs5 white man to ea-2e the
mouth OF JAg 81 jsNnS i+yar WtS
Jean B!hal'l. i'm command Of oom-
paNy Of Haggaaoa. WAC had .o.-
France because ct re, zieHs porsacy-
lions. He made his landing on Nav
I, 1852, fifty }cags after the lagdng
Of Ponce de Leon al a point tn III.
seuth Of Jae@soagt!ia some hissori-
ans are Of the oH.M5an that Ponce d
Leon sailed as far north as the maulh
Of the ST. johns. but Inc weight 81
feYidence is against th.s opinion. If
he We're here he left no trace. The
evidence is that Ire aid nat maepl IN
a direction from his original landing
that would have brought him to tho
vicinity Of Iaeksolvilsc. II is thor.
.egrAly estat she.3 *hat RlbaIlt ar
tered the month q. the 81. Johns river
May !, 1862, and sailed up the river
some miles 10 a biuf. where he erect
ed q stone column ON which was in
Hscribed the agms Of France. But RI
hault did no; aeeeri the river as hjeh
as Jacksonville. He went from the
mouth Of the river ia Port Royal 5. G..
In 1864, enc year after the dopar
turo Of Ribauit, Rene Landowners.
who had been with Eibamt on the
first expedition. came to the mouth Of
the ST, Johns wish another cclo1y Of
liugucuots, and assembled the river as
far as the present site OF Jacksonville,
camping probably on the south side Of
the river On territory now covered
by South Jacksonville. These w.re
the fTat White men 10 penetrate the
country above the mouth OF the river.
In honor OF the day OF discovery. MAY
! /, t,lbauit gave the river the name Of
May, and this stood until the Span,
iafds whipped cut the French, some
years later The Spauiards called II
the RIVER San nateo at first, but later
changed Its name to San Juan. From
this it finally became the 81. Johns.
o!d Fort Caroline was situated at st
JOINS bluff some miles below the
el'y oil Jacksonville. No sign OF this
historic fort remains, not even a slab
10 commemorate it's mournful story
During The reunion, steamboat ex.
cursions viii be run to all these points
OF historic interest on the ST. Johns
river. 1t is but twonty.seyen miles
lram Jacksonville to the mouth of tho
81 johns, where the government HAS
constructed, with the aid of Jackson.
NlHe' and the State OF Florida, a sys.
TEN OF letties, deerened the water on
'be Oar and otherwise protected nayi.
salioh. In passing between Jackson
'iAe and the jetties, the visitor will
nave no trouble locating the sites of
~ lo''s mat We're erected nearly four
e et years ago by the French and
spanish. The trip is one OF the NOS,
aeAshtlul IN the Southern States.