The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-07-13

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palm trees and beautiful oaks heavily
laden with dropping clirging moss with
squirrels playing to and fro on their
ing place for tourists, and we find peo-
gers but all glad to strike up friend
trip to the famous racing and swim
five hundred feet wide and runs for
thirty miles as smooth as a billiard
table. q veritable speed demons race
track. On this beach some of the
fastest races of the world have been
run. Tommy Milton. in Marcia car,
made q record run of l56 miles per
hour, and at this terrific pace his car
burst into flames and he was forced
to drive it into the ocean. 1t is nat
urally one of the most beautiful bath
ing beaches in America. Aeroplanes
rise and light from the beach carrying
passengers aloft for S. trip.
From Daytona we go to st. Angus
tine the oldest Spanish settled town
in America. We are now leaving the
fruit and tropical country and getting
north, yet one may see along the
shores of the Matanzos river lots of
palm trees. 1t is only ride of two
hours before we enter St. Augustine.
Here one is much impressed by the
Spanish atmosphere. The whole town
in its appearance shows its Spanish |
origin. We visit famous old Fort
Marion, built of coquina in the years
from 1893 to 1855. 1t is one of the !!
greatest historical relics in the United
States. Its grim dungeons have been
visited by hundreds of thousands of |
people. We pay short visit to the
Oldest house in America built in the |
year 1916, the old city gates, built in
1904, and which are all that remains |
Of the walls that in olden days COM
pletely surrounded the city. The old
spanish governors mansion erected IN
1894, now houses the United States
postoffice There is the old slave block |
in the park where daily band concerts
are given. 1t was here l bought tan
gerine oranges at five cents q quart, /
averaging about q dozen a quart.
Near the park is Trinity Episcopal /
Church, built in 1921. Other points of
interest are the old houses built of
coquina, mixture of shells and sand
cemented into q hard compact mass
by the action of the sea. One may
also take walk along the sea wall
leading t. old Fort Marion, or take a
boat trip to Capes Beach. There are
auto drives, swimming at the Alcazar
Casino, golf links and baseball park
for the entertainment of tourists.
We now bid farewell to the ocean
beach and begin our inland cross coun-
try run on the Atlantic Coast Line to
jacksonville. We find this city a
very flourishing commercial and lively I
place. There is a beautiful Union
Terminal Station several large hotels,
wholesale stores, many other business
houses and several excellent picture
theatres. In the park facing the
Hotel Winslow one may hear daily |
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time and are on our long run to the
capital Of Florida. Tallahassee is in a
hilly country where there is an abund-
ant growth of pine timber in the sur
rounding country. Besides being the
capital it is also the location of the
Florida State College for Women,
which 10 . very beautiful institution.
We now start on our way to Pensa
cola, which is our last stop before we
begin the final lap of our journey to
New Orleans. Still travelling on the
Atlantic Coast line we arrive in Pensa-
cola. This is also q commercial city
on the Gulf. Just outside the
atty limits are a large government <
naval station and also 40 army post.
Pensacola does large import and ex-
port water route business. One can
note large number Of ocean vessels
anchored in the bay. We visit few
city and after day and night we at
last are on our way to the capital city
pf the South. the Crescent City-New
Orleans.
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