Iron County Record | 1927-03-25 | Page 11 | Beautiful Old City Long Noted Seaport

Beautiful ul Old City Long Noted Seaport Probably tho the most indent ancient of all seaports seaports sea sea- ports porta Is la Joppa on the Mediterranean oust coast tho the nearest harbor to Jerusalem Jerusa lem and for tor centuries Pale Un moat most Important IWI commercial trading port of entry The nome name name means menn The Tha Beautiful and its Ita well entitles it to b beo be beso so eo called It la is built on a lofty lotty rocky knoll on en the edge of or tb the sea Its for tor- Mentions facing seaward with an encircling encircling en- en circling wall within which its buildings are crowded cro U tier r above abo tier on ou hewn hewn- I out terraces terrace it are the luxuriant plains of the or orlow orlow orlow low country where are the grove groves grove pro producing the famous Jaffa oran oranges ee tho the most luscious and co costly the tho world has yet known the tho olive trees which have always furnished lun much of ot lt It its trade 11 fig trees and date dote palms palm as a. aswell aswell well os as the great r nt wheat of tho country