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Saint AuqusUne, 1565 Anciently Spanish
ANCIENT SPANISH GATES AT ST. AUGUSTINE
Tlie Old Spanish Gates at St. Augustine. Around the walls was a moat filled with water and a hedge of Spanish bayonet plants. A description in 1183 says entrance was by a drawbridge over the moat and thru the gate. The sentry boxes are visible at the gate. Near1 by is old Fort San Marco (Ft. Marion now) an interesting example of medieval castle and fort, living quarters, barracks and dungeons.
OLDEST HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES, ST. AUGUSTINE
Tlie Oldest House in the United States from a picture in a booklet of 1888. This is now a part of the property of the St. Augustine Historical Society and houses many ancient relics. The Society library of old Spanish history is housed in a new structure on the property. The Oldest House apparently dates from 1571. The Society’s h istorical collection is a rare pleasure to the traveler seeking information of that ancient, perilous and romantic period. In the garden is the “Wishing Well” and there love, the oldest story in the world, still finds romance at the oldest setting in this new country. And when you finish your journey over the Old Spanish Trail you will find the “Wishing Well” at the Old Spanish settlement at San Diego, the mother colony of California, and there again love’s renewals may be mirrored in the waters of the well.
Zero Monuments
TOP, SAN ANTOMO. TEXAS ItOTTOM, SAX DIEGO, CALIF.
Tlie zero stone at San Diego was dedicated 102;!. by an address of President Coolidge read by Col. Ed Fletcher of San Diego.
The zero stone at Sail Antonio was dedicated liKM. by Gov. Pat. Neff, city, state, federal and army officials, women's clubs and the Old Freighters Association.
A monument will be dedicated at St. Augustine. Florida. April 3. I!t2t). in connection with three days of old Spanish pageantry. A cut of the monument is shown 011 page 13: it is globe of coquina,
a material typical of the "Ancient City.” It will stand with the Ponce de Leon monument, the Bridge of Lions and other symbols of Saint: Augustine's romantic history and characteristic of her present-day charm.
It was erected by the Exchange Club. City, state, and national officials, and representatives of the Spanish government will participate in the ceremonies. A motorcade will start from San Diego. Cal.. others will join along the way.
Tlie dedication will be a celebration of victory by the men and women whose labors, after thirteen years of work, have opened a new world to the American people in those lands that were a wonderful world to the Spanish conquis-tadores and the faithful padres centuries ago.
At the celebration there will be a business session for the election of new officers of the national Old Spanish Trail organization and to decide upon future policies now that the highway construction is so well advanced.
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