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HOTEL SI'WANNEE. brick structure, running water, steam heat, nice meals: a good stop-over. The Suwannee Service Station is dependable for car attentions. Camp and cabins 1 mi. west. 25c to $1.00.	Inf.—Chamber of
Commerce.
SI'WANNEE RIVER. ('amp in grove on river. New bridge, 010 ft.
*MADIS0N. A city of nice homes, old live oak shade trees, paved streets. Sumatra and cigarrette tobacco and farming. .MADISON HOTEL and SIS IIOPKINS INN', good. Cabin camp 1 mi. east. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
GREENVILLE. Two clean country hotels, ('amp space.
AUCILLA KIVEK. Camp space. Fishing at I Hue Lake.
*.MONTICELLO. Nice old southern city — this North Florida section is all good country. Farm and dairying. Leads world in melon seed production. 1’ecan nurseries and orchards. M< >NTICELLO HOTEL and a country hotel. Camp north of town. 25c. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
*TALLAHASSEE. An attractive city, capital of Florida, picturesque hill country. Favored country of Indian nations and noted in Spanish history ; today favored by noted northern people for winter estates. A natural travel distributing point north, east, west and south: highways radiate all directions. Nice stop-over city.
HOTELS—THE FLORIDAN, modern, community-owned. $2.50 to SUM) sgl., 84.50 to $6.00 dhl. CHEROKEE, modern, same rates. Both pleasantly located. TOKON HOTEL, small. Cobin camp south of Capitol. 40c to $1.00.
INF.—Chamber of Commerce. (See adv.)
OCKLOCKNEE KIVEK. New bridge. 1.050 ft.
HAVANA. Shade tobacco center. This tobacco is grown in fields shaded with cheese-cloth arbors and cured in large barns. Boarding houses. Municipal camp in town; private cabin camp 4 Vi mi. west attractively located.
LITTLE RIVER. New bridge. 478 ft.
*Ql'IN(’Y. A nice city of homes and civic improvements. Producing and marketing center for shade tobacco and cigar wrappers. Fuller's earth mining: used in oil refining. Interesting hill country. HOTEL (JI'INCY. remodeled brick building. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Florida State Hospital. River Junction, a railroad town down the hill. EDWARDS HOTEL, ('amp space on river. Time changes here: reset your watch.
APALACHICOLA RIVER. Victory Bridge across this river one of the great Old Spanish Trail structures: cost $800,000: length 5.i>42 ft. Flood waters reach the floor of this high structure. Two-thirds of the flood waters of the continent flow into the (Julf of Mexico and Old Spanish Trail engineering and financing have had to conquer these water way and flood problems.
SNEADS. Lumber and tun>entine village. Country hotel.
Note—Kast of Marianna *rnod road to Port St.	;)nd
Apalachicola on the bay an<l tlio gulf. Splendid fishing, limiting: and bathing and (lulf of Mexico scenes.
CIIIPOLA RIVER at Marianna. New bridge. 150 ft.
*M.YRIANNA. Commercial center of a rich farming county. An attractive city, nice homes, paved streets, good business houses. Heart of America's largest satsuma orange producing area. Large lime rock quarries. Population has increased fifty per cent last two years.
HOTELS — CHirOLA, built 1927. Five stories, fireproof ; <6 rnis., all with priv. liatli. Noted for dining ser-
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vice. Rnis. $2.50 up; meals 75c. A fine hotel. CALEDONIA, remodeled and newly furnished. lints. $1.50.
INF.—Chamber of Commerce.
COTTONDALE. Jet., improved road to Panama City and the gulf. Country hotel. Camp space in grove.
CHIPLEY. Farm and dairy center. CHIPLEY HOTEL, hot and cold water all rooms, nice grill in connection. Also Mrs. Richardsons boarding house. Private camp west of town, fair. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
*I»0NIFAY. General farming section. EUREKA HOTEL.
CARYVJiLLE. Clioctawhatchee River lumber town. Lodging.
CIIOCTAWIIATCHEE RIVER. Long bridge and causeway, 5,500 ft.
w	PONCE	I)E LEON. Country hotel. Beautiful springs,
bathing and refreshments. Camp space.
*DE FL'NIAK SPRINGS. The highlands of West Florida. Truck farming. Lumber center.
HOTELS—WALTON, modern and attractive, faces lake. FLORIDA HOTEL, clean, E.P. Cabin camp, well equipped, 50c to $2.00. Inf.—Chamber of Commerce.
SIIOAL RIVER. New bridge, 1,303 ft.
*CRESTVIE\V. A new community. They have discovered their wild blueberry can be cultivated, producing a large delicious table berry. Many orchards are now planted. CKKSCKXT HOTEL, fair.
WEST FLORIDA GULF KESOKTS
At Crestview turn south for an interesting visit at Valparaiso, a very inviting gulf resort. The bays and the gulf shores there are union# the finest in the gulf country. Whatever you like best—golf, hunting, fishing, bathing, swimming, boating, or just resting—ample choice is there. Fishing in the bays, in Santa Rosa Sound, or out on the Gulf of Mexico. The country is wild and inviting for hunting or for rambles. The Clioctawhatchee National 1’orest is a part o* this region.
THE INN AT VALPARAISO is new and lias every modern refinement. 7.r> rnis. A. I*. $5 to $9. Nearly all with bath; all but two face the water. A private golf course that cost $135,000 spreads over the hills overlooking the bay; permits for guests or OST travelers.
YELLOW RIVER at Milligan. New bridge, 1,508 ft.
HOLT. 55,000 A. of cut over pinelands being transformed into small improved farms by Ringling & White and sold on time payments. Nurseries, demonstration farm, agricultural and horticultural experts provided. Growing satsuma oranges, grapes, blueberries, other fruits, truck and farm products.
IiLACKWATER RIVER at Milton.
*MILTON. A busy little city. Country hotel. Near by, at Bagdad, are the lumber interests of the Blackwater f River. The BAGDAD INN and meals very good.
ESCAMBIA BAY. Long bridge and causeway; cost $1,000.000; length 18.470 ft. Another of the hard construction and financing works of the Old Spanish Trail.
*PENSACOLA. Naval and aviation stations. A great deep-water port. De Luna landed on the Pensacola mainland in 155!) with the largest expedition that attempted the conquest of Florida. Disaster and Indian enmity soon forced his return to Vera Cruz.
HOTELS — SAN CARLOS, doubled in size, refined Spanish type; all rooms with bath. MANHATTAN, moderate. Municipal camp on Bayou Texas, northeast; free, caretaker, well-equipped.
INT.—Chamber of Commerce.
FLORIDA-ALABAMA STATE LINE
Perdido River
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