Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-12-31
New Coastal Highway
Bid for Motor Travel
TOURISTS SOUTHWARK BOUND
WILL FIND HIGHWAYS SMOOTH
WORK OF 1925
By Samuel Ellis

By Samuel Ellis
The Atlantic Coastal Highway
Maine to Miami, Florida, is now vir
tually completed-a great ribbon Of
highway which threads the Atlantic
starboard as does the Pacific Coastal
Highway Seattle to San Diego and
Tia Juana.
This early completion of the Allan
tic Highway is due, in great meas.
ure, to the unusual development in
Florida during the last two years
that commonwealth living up to her
reputation of progressiveness by
spending more than $1O,O0O,OOO on
this highway during 1925. Practically
all of the Florida portion of this new
coastal highway is now ready for the
army Of sun-hunters which will wend
its way palmward during the next
three months.
Eventually the Coastal Highway
will not end at Miami, Florida, but
will bend around in graceful curve
over the Connors Highway and Tami-
ami trail through the Everglades, and
to the west coast. Thence it will join
with the Gulf Coastal Highway and
proceed up the west coast to Pensa-
cola, the metropolis of the Frisco
lines southern branch. This highway
will join with the Old Spanish Trail
at Pensacola
Another extension Of the CoastOR
Highway will be the highway over
the keys from Miami to Key West:
Another year will see work started.
While the upper end of the Allan
tic Coastal Highway passes through
the territory which made the first
history of the United States touching
at Salem, staid old Boston, New York
Washington, Fredericksburg and the
cities made prominent in the War be-
tween the States, it has nothing to
offer of more historic value than
Florida
Duval County, of which Jackson
vile is the seat and the gateway to
the South, has just spent $4,000, 900
on its roads, is spending another APP
preparation of $1,5OO,0O0 and is con.
sidering bonding itself for $4,000
600 more The Atlantic Coastal High,
way will have an optional route thru
Duval County with the completion of
the proposed oceanside highway from
Jacksonville beach to the st. Johns
County line. This highway allows ira.
vel on the ocean beach for thirty
miles. 1t affords Southbound tourists
their first opportunity to drive upon
beach which at low tide is more
than 700 feet wide. Jacksonville is
the first point at which access is
given to the only beach of it's kind in
the world.
Then the Coastal Highway enters
into the land of Ponce de Leon and
approaching st. Augustine, passes
what is advertised as the Fountain
of Youth" 1t is about at this point
where the Spanish explorer landed
on the peninsula A little further on
the Coastal Highway passes the his
toric gates of ST. Augustine, swings
to the left, and the tourist finds him
self gazing upon Ft Marion, the old
est fort in America This stronghold
was completed by the Spanish in
about 1850. A distinction of FIT. Mar
Ion is that it never was taken by an
enemy. In st. Augustine also is found
the oldest house in the, United States.
Going into Flagler County the Coast
al Highway tourist strikes at Bunnell,
one of the finest roads in the state,
and through the first densely growing
semi-tropical vegation, passing the
home of John ID. Rockefeller, and the
residences of many other kings of
industry and finance.
Daytona, Seabreeze and Ormond,
lying within few miles of each
other recently combined themselves
into one municipality which has taken
the name of Daytona Beach. 1t is on
Daytona Beach where the worlds
speed records for automobiles have
been made since automotive vehicles
were first manufactured.
After passing through New Smyrna
where the Atlantic Coastal Highway
is swept by ocean breezes until it
reaches Miami, the tourist is we'll in
to the Blue Goose, or Indian River,
country, from where comes the fam
Gus Blue Goose orange, the pineapple,