Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-10

L. 5. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Cor. HENRY DOUGLAS
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| Sec'y bureau Of Emmgiailoa. MAY Eros
u. s. Tut Rev. Collector...,.. ~ Mc1RoET'
HISTORICAL.
SANTA Fc, the city of the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
see. and also the military headquarters
| II is The oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. WheI
| Cabeza de Daca penetrated the valley O
tic Rio Grandc in 1888 he found SAINTS
he Il nourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory Of its first. European settlement was
lost, vitllmost OF the early records of the
territory, by the destruction Of all the
archives in 1850; but the earliest men,
ton OF it shows it then to have been the
capital Gnd the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesOme American trader
the iororuuner OF the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa lie worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE : f>t.:'
tf New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and 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
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows. Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,405; Gloricta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, G,452;
Cimarron, 1, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
queruue, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, ssh; Silver City, 5,046; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named Wis as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.G; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows.
New England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6 and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidal, 216 miles; from Albu-
oueroue, 50 miles; from Dening, 316
miles; from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
cisco, / PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in vhe
ocanI nIaza is according to latest correct
Cd me measurements. 7,0l9.5 feet above the
i 10, i'' 81 thassao: Rold mountain. toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
nrn end nj the Santa Fe mountains,
~ re1 foot ahoyo son level. Lake Peak to
ii1o r;rbf f,rbero the santa Fe creek has
ito eoTrreI. ia - 045 feet high the divide
rTesuo,1e road) iii: Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
C;e. s,,"I ,0'' 1,yas+l 4 o. Ia Boiada
: III rl ,ll Of Santa lie creek north of
pona Plonrol < D25: Sandia mountains
1hinhoet noint( 10 COS: Old Placers,
= ' c61 I o5 Cerr;llos Mountains (soutb).
: "a loot in hoight
"'"o' 'N'' -
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Tbo~o oro eorce forty various points of
mora ia~ or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
" ME- AJobe Paloce. north side of the
,,n r' hn ao heon o~c1niad rs m executive
plarsio ms sin~o 1eS0 the first governor and
n .,,' r u,, $50 far "a fhe data at
- rovooolSI LainS J,lnu de Otermin
TN; TN pIo@n2Orofo and De VARGAS made
tri, rH nhant morIbps over this beautiful
@ ., th l, one in 1501. tho other in 1893.
0'' Gb,rcb 81 son NTio,1al--Frected in the
Ieth co,,t,,,1, dnstroVed drring the Pueblo
n noSl 81 1cSo rah1iIt Nv orrier If
RrHn Nn,on,os do Ia pehuela, y in the
,.on no Tia ti'' 4'. y" ~ ~ -,
V Tho o l oi1est DWELLING house in the
r7r;tod States ia loHated near San Miguel
chrrch r. was huilt before the Spanish
cnnaros+
oo irha orcior+ cotbndrol,s walls are grad
,oii, ,r,,r,t,iin" ana i1,etnnd 4 Grand mod
o o~n stnnn str,rI,Ire ia huildins' The old
" a q S' voc oForfoI in 17E1
e'' 0iJ En,t Norcv wos first recognized
onJ ,,sod os sfrgfeoic military point by
t 'r,o' n unI InJ;ans when thew revoItcd
a n,o V snonish rnle in 1880 and drove out
10 A n5,ordv oftar hesieoing the city for
,,;0 daus Tho American army Under
NV KnNr ""y9. onetr,1ctad old Fort Marcy in
i neI!n'S '0''''''' WV
A0 Tn~t Morcv,of-tIre nresent dav Is oar.
,s rut' N hw ihree ropnonies Of The 18th
I II int" D1 IN undar cpn,mand of Can
. ~; w. Gno"orv 'parret # Stretcb and
i nnaoo miV esNd hora oi q a m dailv nncurs
l nrSTT haunting n feature Of military
maneuverlng ever OF interest 10 the tourist.
o'i'er ,a pI M;storicai snciotv,s rooms the
H 80, ~ "tbn military ouarter chanel and
orootor,, Of orr Iadv If The Rosary the
oGe!I s,, nc Of tte now catbedra the
e srnht;sh h oariens. rhmrch Of our Onr
i'i adr 30 GppadsIune viii it's rare old worIs
- ~ art - thn solJiors, monument NOM mn
y, az w tho p;onoor path. Findar Kit
H l,u.no " are ei.9 Nv tbo G r of Now
S SIn,s; ' - Vincort Iosntal condnctoJ