Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-15

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HISTORICAL.
Santa Re, the city OF the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico
trade center, santaly. archepiscopa
see. and also the military headquarters
! II is the oldest seat OF civil and religious
government on American soil. Whol
| Cabc2a de BGCa penetrated the valley o.
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found SAINTS
Fo a tiourlsiling Pueblo village. The his
tory GIFTS first European settlement was
lost, with most 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 beeI- the
capitQl and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
ihe first venturCsomG American trader
the forerunnor Of the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa lie worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Ct New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
sl1res dryness and purity Especially
adapted to the permanent cure Of pull
m0nary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, and by travelling from point to
Doint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 1911; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1851: Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, & ,4S9, BernaIillo, 5,704; Albu-
oreroue, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 5,S44; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 4G.G; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercrJar diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows;
New England, Is; Minnesota, ID; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
500 miles; from Denver, 338 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIC miles; from Albu-
u,leroue, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Les
Angeles, 1852 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2S1 miles
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II, G6l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
CTesuque road III; Aqua Fria, 6, 48O;
Cieneguila (wesU, G,025; La BaJada,
5,514; mouth OF Santa Ee creek north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 1908; Old Placers,
G801 Los CCrrilloS mountains (south),
5 1854 feet in height
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest III and about
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
since 1850, the first governor and
captain general $50 far az the data at
hand revcals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1901, the other in 1888
Church OF San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de Ia Penuela, " in the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ualy crumbling and instead a grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1761.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used rs q strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they reyoltod.
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the enemy after besicging the city for
nine days. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
1886.
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10th
U. S. infantry, under command OF Cap.
tains Gregory Barret, j. f, Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuvering ever Of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms ;the
"Garita," the military quarter: chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
church museum Mt the new cathedral, the
archbishops gardens; church Of our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson. erected by the G. 4. II. of New
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