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AZTEC. Store, garage, meals, camp. J1.25 and £12.00.
MOHAWK. Two stores, two garages, lunch. Free camp space; also cabins. Water is hauled.
WELLTON". Sandy mesa. Irrigation from wells a future possibility. WELLTOX HOTEL; restaurant all night. Camp and showers. Cabins and cottages $1.00 and $1.50.
*YUMA. Jet. of Gila and Colorado rivers. Gateway to Southern California. Ancient Spanish river crossing in the conquest and development of the Southwest. Today Yuma is a busy, growing city. Yuma Indians and their wares add a picturesque touch. Irrigation from Laguna Dam on the Colorado Iiiver; the cultivated areas 12 mi. south of Yuma. Time changes; reset your watch.
HOTELS—The DEL MIXG leads. HOTEL ARIZONA, old—cool porch rms. HOTEL LEE, new, good values. Several cabin camps with numerous cabins. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
ARIZONA CALIFORNIA STATE LINE
Colorado Kiver
SOUTH CALIFORNIA—178 MILES
Road Conditions
Pavement and oiled gravel, with a short section of decomposed granite—all good driving. The Sand Hills, one of the real deserts and long a terror to travelers, now good pavement. The Mountain Springs grade with its steep climbs now concrete.
Description of Country
The Old Spanish Trail in California is close to the Mexican Border for many miles. West from Yuma 7 mi. and 1V6 mi« south on the border are the head gates of tlie Imperial Valley irrigation; the water comes thru Mexico. Across the line is Algodones, Mexico, with seven saloons, one it is claimed costing $47,000. South of Iloltville and El Centro are the Mexican border towns of Calexico and Mexicali. In the Imperial Valley the traveler is 50 ft. below sea level in the bed of the old Salton Sea; shortly the mountains arc crossed at 4,103 ft. elevation; thru the mountains are resorts and camps a-top the world; at San Diego and the sea are hills and valleys.
Old History
San Diego is the end of the Old Spanish Trail and the beginning of the last works of the Spanish In the U.S. In 1769 the San Diego mission was founded—204 yrs. after St. Augustine. During the American Revolution the Spanish were building that great chain of missions up the California coast.
FT. YUMA. A settlement at the Yuma Indian Reservation. Officials here search your car and baggage to prevent entry of plant or fruit diseases. Cabin camp, 25c to ¥1.25.
GRAY’S WELL. West from Yuma 21 mi., in the sand hill section. Good water from a deep well. i>hone. store. All night lunch, gas and other service nt Peg’s Place. Peg Hunt is said to know the highway situation in the southwest and he appreciates travelers stopping for any service.
HOLTVILLE. One of the Imperial Valley centers. ALAMO HOTEL, fair. Two cabin camps, good. A road south to Mexicali. Mexico. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
*EIy CENTRO. Commercial center of the Imperial Valley, one of the great irrigation districts of the world. A busy, prosperous city. HOTEL I’.AIlBAItA WORTH lends, a fine hotel. OREGON HOTEL, remodeled, refurnished. City cam]). 25c. Calexico and Mexicali, border towns, south. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce. Also Auto Club of Southern California branch.
MOUNTAIN SPRINGS. 35 mi. west. Store, garage, water. Established by Government in 184G. Devil’s Canyon near. Splendid scenery thru these mountains. 7% grade, concrete pavement.
JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS. 14 mi. west Mountain resort for Imperial Valley people. Elevation 2,S00 ft. Hot sulphur baths. Cold spring. Concrete pool, dance hall, etc. HOTEL VAUGIIN, Go rms., new, fine. Cabin camp. 25c to 75c. Inf.—liert L. Vaughn. Also old Jacumba t Ila-cumba) with modern hotel. Mistletoe Lodge 1 mi. west and cottages.
BOULEVARD. Store and supplies. Summer resort. Camp.
West to San Diego 70.5 mi. are settlements, mountain, valley and spring camping places, cabin auto camps, furnished cabins, small hotels, meals, etc. The mountain summit is passed at 4.103 ft. In Arizona. New Mexico and Texas higher elevations are reached. These are listed under Bisbee. Ariz., summit.
*SAN DIEGO. This is the Pacific Terminus of the Old Spanish Trail. It was the beginning of the Spanish occupation of California. The first mission, San Diego de Alcala, was started in 1709. then followed those other sanctuaries “a day’s journey apart” northward on and beyond San Francisco, twenty-one in all. While the patriots on the Atlantic slope were fighting England for freedom, Spain was peacefully building the missions along the Pacific sloj>e. Earlier than this her missions at Tucson and Nogales, at- Santa Fe. at El Paso and Ysleta. at San Antonio. St. Augustine and elsewhere, and her works all thru these Southern Borderlands, were crowning her name with an interest that will live thru the ages. The legends
IN THE VALLEY OF TIIE IWlHtKS SAX I>IE(iO. (AlIFOKMA
Poets sing of the padres and their missions along this Golden (oast. San Diego has u monument to Father .Junipero	;
Serra who administrated the	mission	building	enterprises.
Helen .Jackson’s ‘’Kamona” is a	romantic	story of	the mission	|
period and its fall. Here at San Diego also you may look down into the “Wishing Well” as you did at St. Augustine anti let your spirit for tlie moment dwell with those of that	j
bygone and romantic age.
and landmarks of a romantic	past lie	along the pathways	;
and out among tlie byways of	the old	Spanish	Trail.	;
IlOTKLS—r. S. GKAXT. a leading hotel. KL COUTKZ. new. distinguished in type and character. cnruciIIIX.	i
moderaie and good. SAX DIKGO. popular and well liked.	?
PICKWICK, new. good: the Pickwick 1ms station head-	j
quarters. ]>EL CoKOXAIm) is located on ilie beach. San	j
I>iego lias many and varied hotels.
CAMPS—Twelve cabin camps. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce. Also Auto Club of Southern California branch.
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