Dear Fellow Researchers: I am currently researching the 1920s Old Spanish Trail (OST) transcontinental highway between St. Augustine, FL, and San Diego, CA, that crossed Alabama on what is now old US 90. I am inquiring whether any of your historical societies or local archives may have information on this early private highway. Though headquartered in San Antonio, TX, the OST Association had its first meeting in Mobile in December of 1915, where the highway was conceived to revive the city with a lateral connection to the east and west. Like many other important towns along the OST, there was probably a great deal of highway boosterism occurring during this period, with articles in the newspapers proclaiming the anticipated benefits of the highway, and often accompanied by the production of handsome tourist brochures and maps and roadside markers. Any information on the Old Spanish Trail's historic and current presence in Mobile and Alabama will be appreciated. Thank you. John W. Murphey Architectural Historian New Mexico State Historic Preservation Division 228 East Palace Avenue, Room 320 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 jmurphey@oca.state.nm.us