Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-01
HISTORICAL.

HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa1
see, and also the military headquarters.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10Th century. Its
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
ed in 1905, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. In 1904 came the
first venturesome American trader -
the forerunner OF the great line OF mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude i'll
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to the 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, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6, 489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Ft.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1856; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercrllar diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6 and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
Irsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
@ !. re, 81 miles; from Deming. 3l6
= e, from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
" Is, 1882 miles; from San Fran
90. 1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
Id plaza is, according to latest correct
4. measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
elel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL, 661 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wher the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is II ,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Cieneg,1illa (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
!, 1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,60S; Old Placers,
B. SOL; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,584 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
The ancient city:
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
The Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
in I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. It still remains the Oldest church III
use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the editice proper Is
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as q strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
she enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
L846.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
.isoned by two companies OF the 10th
u. s. infantry, under command OF Col.
SNYDER, and here at a. m. daily occurs
ruard mounting, feature OF military
naneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
ire: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita, the military quarter chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
.rchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
Lady Of Guadalupe with it's rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the q. A. r. of New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
,chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
If Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to be visited are Iesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Fe canon: the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
u,rouoise mines; place of the assassina-
ion Of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
rcrd the Rio Grande.