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(     I {I I  MQ I In ]ACKSONVILLE, O m., the route crosses the St.]ohns River bridge
V M 4 1   V I, y (25¢ car and passengers), connecting the business section and South ]ack·
· 1* I `Ii _ , [Hill sonville.
  , 1   Il  M ll BAYARD, 17.9 m., (25 alt., 225 pop.), was named by Henry M. Flagler,
  lg I , [ · I   lI builder of the Florida East Coast Railway, for his friend, Thomas F. Bay-
,   I [“ ,V   Vl .9, ,V ard, Ambassador to Great Britain (1893-97), the first American of that V
I   I 1` V  ?¥lI|’IH rank at the Court of St.]ames’s. ~ V
  l lt I , ,   E   I EI _.“i lg: South of Bayard the route closely parallels the Florida East Coast   I
— E ll l  I I'   tracks. Section houses, depots, and other railroad buildings are painted 5 l*
3 . I · `I l I   bri ht ellow with reen trim. Blue iris, sacred to the Indians who used its   t
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{ V, 5 a V  Vg roots for medicine, colors the marshes m spring. On higher ground grows   I
· · V 1 l V  l I I the grenadilla, or passion flower, so called by Spanish missionaries to  
  , Ii E . 3 A g I   whom it symbolized the Passion of Christ. In the center of the blossom is a ? ‘
} A     ` l   I I cross; the five stamens represent the five wounds of Christ, and the 72 fda- E 
Q Q j` I, I V ments, the traditional number of thorns in His crown. Commonly known , 
    all fl i I as maypop, the flower is a native of America; its succulent and edible fruit,  .t,
  ·}g' " large as a hen’s egg, is highly perfumed.  _. 
·_  I I ` The dense stands of ine between the road and the coast have lon been  1
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I · _ P I l ’ slashed for turpentme and still provide a livelihood for wood choppers, tie  .V
  I { { cutters and small sawmills. The highway cuts across a typical Florida  'Q 
iff I I   flatwoods swamp, 25 m.; hammocks on both sides of the highway rise in ' 
 ` “ "{ I , towering pyramids of swamp flora from a fringe of low pinewoods and  
  1 V V, ( reedy cypress ponds. Tall trees crown dark masses of undergrowth; woody V; 
  V sl ' , L5   vines and gray Spanish moss form a canopy through which shafts of sun- ; 
{ g   I l - I light fall on white lilies floating in stagnant water amid a profusion of ferns gQ 
  j I I? V, r and wild flowers. Among the trees are maple, gum, the bald cypress with Z 
g I— I   , I l I`; fiuted base, and the slender—trunked pumpkin ash. I,
XI  ` ,I 7 · { ll The entrance to ST.AUGUSTINE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (L), 33.7 I 
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      1     WST IA1Ilf(1§IliSt';l?I§E) (3%q¢ll Eta éaaltpof F11 1 pop ) (see St Augustine) H
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    l I   _   Points nf Interest: Fort Marion, City Gates, Old Schoolhouse, Old Spanish Treasury, ‘ 
g   J I   Oldest House, Slave Market, Fountain of Youth, and others.  fj
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 , = Vg q l VV St.Augustme is at the ]unct1on with State 78 and State 14o (see Tour  
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g I V I e I Right from St.Augustine on State gg to the Ftonmn NORMAL Arm Irmnsrnrar, IN- , 
    l - I  _ . srrrtmz, 2 m., junior college for Negroes, a group of rz brick and coquina buildings of 5
3 · I} § Spanish design. The schoolluhas four {Iivisions: liberal arts and science, teacher train-  
g , I, ,  3 ing, home economics and 'gh schoo . Enrollment in rog,8 was 5 3,6. The institute was ‘ 
V ,2 Vll" . . organized at Jacksoiiville in 18o2 as the Florida Baptist Academy and removed here  
Vi . l _ l to the 1,000-acre Hanson plantation in 1917; its name was changed the following year. ` 
  l` 1 ’ _ _ ~ The Orange Blossom Quartette and the jubilee Singers of the School are well known  
{ 1 4 { II I for their Negro songs and spirituals. II 
, , V I I. ( . V V I _ d TOQOI (Indd, water lily) 17 m., (fg pop.), is a fishing settlement on the site of an In-  €·
i ,¤ M ~ T I  , ' , ian vi age an Franciscan mission uring Spanish occupation. Shortly after the War  ;*
`_ . { I between the States, a crude combination mule-drawn and steam railway connected I 
Q I   I V T ocoi and St.Augustine. This road caused the decline of Picolata (see below), but fell  
, I , , I , j I into disuse when Flagler completed a railroad from ]acksonville to St.Aug·ustine.  
E V I ? , Right from Tocoi, 6.5 m., on an improved road is PICOLATA (Sp., broad bluff), a ·T 
V _V   VI- I I I turpentine camp on the east bank of the St.]ohns River, at a point where a Spanish 5; 
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