Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-03

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HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. arcfepscopa
see, and also the military headquarters
it is the oldest seat OF civil and religious
/ government on American soil. When
/ CabeAa de Baca penetrated the valley Of
! the Rio Grande in 1898 he found Santa
Fe a nourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory Of its first European settlement was
/ lost. with most OF the early records of the
/ territory, Nv the destruction OF all the
archives in $780, but the earliest men
1 ton OF it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
/ the iorerunner OF the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traiilc over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of 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
may be enjoyed The altitude Of some Of
the princip pal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa te, 7,O41; Costilla,
7,174; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 1904; Albu-
ouerque, ABS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; IT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 1873; 1878. 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46. which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercuar 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. +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
S6g miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
uueroue, so miles; from Demlng, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles. 1872 miles; from San Fran
cisco, Isl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
erp end Of the Santa Fe mountains,
12.66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wt IRE the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuoue road iii; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Ciepeguilla (west), 1923; La Balada,
5.5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; SandIa mountains
(highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
4. sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5S4 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, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1850, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo.
revolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order OF
''The Marques de la Penuela, in the
year l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uallv crumbling and instead grand mod.
cathedral was erected in l76l. -,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
Kearnev constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day IS gar
risoned b. three companies OF the 10th
u. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrel, J. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
Guard mounting, a feature of military
maueuverngeve of interest to the tourist
Other points of If terest 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 at the new cathedral, the
srchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
/ adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
Of art the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson. erected by the &. A. r. of New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady Of Light.
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
pueblo, taking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque SAINTS
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines; place OF the assaasina
ton of Governor Perez; San ildefonst
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE