El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-06
LEGEND AND LORE WRAP ABOUT
THE SPANISH TRAILS HIGHWAY"

TO HEAR that all but two Texas counties have raised al
OF part of their quotas toward the construction OF
the Lone Star states section Of the Old Spanish Trail Is
gratifying those persons who know the Spanish ao-
lions Of the southern part Of the United States It also IS
gratifying those persons Of practical minds 1or the
reason that It means FL Paso VIII be linked up with
other cities in the Sunshine be' by transcontnental
highway that VIII bring thousands Of tourists and hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars worth Of business 10 ths CITY
every year.
As for the tradonasts they recall the stories Of the
Spaniards who penetrated the country along the Old
Spanish Trail so years before the Pilgrims set foot on
Plymouth Rock The history Of their explorations and
settlements from Florida to California is romance that
has yet been fully written but as the highway that
this country IS reconstructed for modern travel
this romance VIII unfold all Of its interest and beauty
for every traveller who passes over It
From Jacksonville to San Diego this future thorough
fare, once only meanderng path IS neh IN spanish aa
venture Old missions dot 1t at intervals These masses
Of masonry date back several centuries Ponce De Lean
came in search of eternal youth IN 1913 Then De
Soto landed Tampa Bag IN 1888 and with large
expedition explored the Gulf country His grave the
Mississippi St Augustine Florida vas settled IN 1865
About this time Texas being penetrated. De
NarYaez reached Florida IN 1927 and explored the gulf
country with 500 He failed to connect with his
ships and captured and made slave by the Indians
De Yaca escaped supposed to have penetrated Texas
far as the big Bend" country IN 15oz the ESpeJo
expedition reached the country Later the Span
6 reached Santa Fe In 1888 Mendoza went north from
Mexico through the g Bend" country, at Comanche
Springs ct Stocton) and penetrated to and established
a mission the San Saba river where later silver
nine and Spanish fort were located The San Saba
ra was developed from San Antonio through the Span
sh pass Boerne to this fort Others branched west
ward 70 E Paso and into Mexico
While missions being built in Texas others
being built Tucson Arizona The mission Of San
Xavier del BAG founded in 1892, is claimed to be
beautiful than any other in the country.
Much Of the Old Spanish Trail In Arizona down
the valley Of the Salt and Ola to the gate
way into California Through the centuries the march Of
the Spanard and Of the Angoaxou has peoped the ter
oTy along this trail and the shores of California and
has crowned the land with eternal that of
Greece the br00ding orient Almost every mile Of 27O0
and miles OF this long road has something Of inter
est that is modern well old. The subtropieal
dure Of Its start and finish the ashng Of the
gulf, the boundess eEpanse Of the southwest and the
eternal sunshine Of the entire make it potentially
the main trunk line connecting the two
As onethrd Of the trail lies IN Texas, people Of this
state vel afford to interest themselves IN It.
correspondent asks for definition Of a profiteer.
Answer: Anyone that We have to buy anything from.