Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-19

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HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith vi
H. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
rade center, sanitary, arrlopisyOpa
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t il the Oldest seat Of civil and reliHoJs
government on American soil. When
CabeIa de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grandc in lo35 ne found santa
lie a ilo,nisling Pueblo village. The his
tor, OF its first European settlement WAS
| lost, with most Of the early records OF the
| territory, wv the destruction Of all the
archives in 1850; but the earliest men
! lion OF it shows it then to have been the
.aDjtaI and the center OF commerce,
| authority and influence. In 1904 came
. the first ventWesonIe American trader
! the fOrerunncr OF the great line OF NOR
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity. I
THE CLIMATE
cf New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness aud purity Especially !
adapted to tie permanent cure Of pull
mOnary complaints as hundreds will be
witness. and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
as follows; Santa Fe, 7,O47; CostilIa,
T,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1,40J; Glorieta,
,187; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, G,4J2
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7U4; Albu-
querque, 1918; Socorro, 4,6J5; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946 TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at tn government station at Santa Fe,
lor the wears named was as follows; 1874, |.
4S.Q degrees; 1873, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, $685.;
1850, 466; which shows an extraordinary t
uniformity. For tubcrcular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
tile union, the ratio being as follows
New England 25 Minnesota, II; South ,
eru States. 6 and New Mexico, g.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
500 miles; from Denver, S3S miles
from Trsinidad, PIC miles from Albu-
uuerque, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso. $40 miles; from Los !
Angeles, ,O32 miles: from san Fran {
cisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in the (
grand plaza is, according to latest correct ,
- al oVn thn ,
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Ec mountains, l.
AZ ,GGl feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to g
the right where the Santa Re creek has
its source, is l. ,O45 feet high the divide
(Tcsuque road iii; Aqua Erla, G,45O;
(Wcstl, Co.'s; La BaJada, &
j, Ola mouth OF Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains g
highest point, l0,GOS; Old plarers, t
j, sol Los Cerrillos mountains South, r
J, 5S4 feet in height. Il
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF i
more or less historic interest i'll and about n
The ancient city: +
The Adobe Palace, north side oil the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1850, the first governor and
.aptain general $50 far as the data at
land reveals being Juan de Otermln u
The Paza-Onate and De Vargas made b
marches over this beautiful ii
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1913. V
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the d
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de Ia Penuela, i'll the
year l7lO. b
The oldest dwelling house in the St
United States is located near San Miguel t.
'hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish ii
ls
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad o
Tally crumbling and instead Il grand mod b
,rn stone structure IS building. lhe OLD
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used rs q strategic military point by ~
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd !,
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out u
he enemy after beseging the city for II
line days. The American army under
[earney constructed Old Fort Marcy i'll
.846. n
Fort Marcy OF the present day Is gar, d.
'isOned by three companies OF the 10th N
u s. infantry, under command OF Cap q,
aims Gregory Barret, j. f. Stretch and +,
Duggan, and here at . q. M. daily occurs +,
guard mounting, feature OF military ii
uuneuvering of interest tothe tourist It
Other points of interest to the tourist !"
are: The Historical SOciety's rooms; the p
'Garita, the military quarter; chapel and Ic
cemetery OF Our Lady Of the Rosary the ttaa
church museum at the new cathedral, the "
gardens; church OF our Our Il
lady OF Guadalupe with its rare old works r
If art; the soldiers monument, monu- ii
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G.. a. X. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans =,
Industrial school; the Indian training :,
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel IL
If Our Lady OF Light. T.
The sight-seer here may also take :,
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various !
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuque P
pueblo, taking in the divide Ell route; t
Monument rock, up in p tresque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs; a
Namhe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the q
turquoise mines; place Of the assassina- u
ton of Governor Perez; San IldefonSo b
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- a
yond the Rio Grande. 4
TIE CITY or SANTA re @
is making steady modern growth; has il
now a population of 5000, ami has every =
assurance Of becoming beautiful modern i
city. Her people are liberal and enter
prising, and stand read y to foster and en- +
courage any legitimate undertaking hay =
int fnr its 0hinct the huldinr Nh and inn q