Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-13
HISTORICAL.

trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
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 it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
OF New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, 6 ,489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
48.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.l; 1877, 48.3; 1878, AIS. 1879, sos;
1880, 46.6; 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, 25 f.; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, &; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
}. lies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
.rsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
. : re, 50 miles; from Deming, 316
= + from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
{. Is, 1882 miles, from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument i'll The
d plaza is, according to latest correct
a measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
eyel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
e!n end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh sre the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high ; the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, 3, 4oO;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
5,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pens Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(higfest point, 10,6OS Old Placers,
6,801; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 ieet 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 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6
The chapel Of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1880. 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. 1t still remains the Oldest church in
use in New Mexico.
The walls of tn, old cathedral date in
part from 1922; hut the edifce proper is
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rulein 1850 and drove out
the enemy after bedeging the city for
nine days. The American army under
Kearney constructed id Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the PRESENT day ID gar
risoned by two companies of the 10th
u. S. infantry, under command of Col.
SNYDER, and here at 8 q m. daily occurs
guard mounting, a feature OF military
maneuvering ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points OF in.eres'to the tourist
are The Historical SocieV's rooms; the
"Garita, the military quarar chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady Of TIN Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; churc, of our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rae old works
Of art: the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the g. A. /. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, onducted
by Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and thu chapel
of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
vehicle and enjoy days outln with
both pleasure and profit. The Hrious
spots Of interest to be visited are Tsuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- pute;
Monument rock, up in picturesque santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua FRA village the
turquoise mines; place of the assassna-
ton of Governor Perez; San lldetoiso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, 10
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE NJ
is making a steady modern growth; ha'
now population Of 5000, and has every
assurance of becoming beautiful modern
CITY, Her people are liberal and enter
prising, and stand ready to foster and en-
courage any legitimate undertaking hav-
ing for it's object the building up and i'm
provement of the place. Among the
present needs of Santa Fe, and for which
liberal bonuses in cash or lands could un-
doubtedly be secured, may be mentioned
a canning factory; q wool securing plant
and tannery. Skilled labor Of all kinds
ia ia demand at good wages. The cost OF
living Is reasonable, and real property,
both inside and suburban ID a'eadily I'd.
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