Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-04
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TERRITORIAL.

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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. archepiscOpa
see, and also the military headquarters.
| II il the oldest seat of civil and Religions
government on American soil When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe fourlshng Pueblo village The his
tory of its 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 been the
capital and the center Of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first ventrresome American trader
the iorerunner Of the great line of MGR
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest Oh
the continent. The high altitude i'll
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to the permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will De
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,
! ,587; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, G,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Alhu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1868; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
$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,
49, 1877, 4o.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 5O.6;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, rs Minnesota, IA; South
I'm States, Is; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
69 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
uerque, 80 miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
isco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 1923 feet above the
svel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and ut the extreme north
IN end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
le right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
resuque road III; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
west, 6,025; La Bajada,
5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF =
ena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
sol; Los Cerrillos mountains South,
5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
ore or less historic interest in and about
e ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side Of the
aza, has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor and
plain general $50 far as the data at
md rev .als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made :
marches over this beautiful
sis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
tn century destroyed during the Pueblo r
volution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF u
The Marques de la Pennela, in the
ar l7lO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
nited States is located near San Miguel
urch. 1t was built before the Spanish
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lily crumbling and instead a grand mod
q stone structure is building. The old
Lhedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
d used as strategic military point by
3 Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
anst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
, enemy after besieging the city for
lie days. The American army under a
arney constructed old Fort Marcy in
rs.
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
Oned by three companies of the 10th
s. infantry, under command of Cap
ns Gregory Barrett, J. f. Stretch and I"
ggan, and here at q. m. daily occurs
lrd mounting, feature of military --
neuvering ever OF interest to the tourist.
)ther points Of if terest to the tourist e.
d: The Historical Societys rooms; the ~
arita," the military quarter; chapel and 81.
netely of Our Lady of the Rosary; the N
lrch museum at the new cathedral, the s.s
hbishop's gardens; church OF our Our "
iv of Guadalupe with its rare old works "
art; the soldiers monument, monu- eo-
mt to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Al
rson, erected by the G. A. r. of New ss'
,xico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted -
Sisters of Charity. and the ORPHANS