Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1890-08-30
HISTORICAL.

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.
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 in
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,O47; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, ,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,918; 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,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 486 degrees; 1875,
4S.1; 1877, 483; 1878, 47.6. 1879, SOC;
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; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
S69 miles; from Denver, 339 miles;
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
querque, S5 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ], ,281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,019.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
The northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
Il, ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
;he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
It's source, is Il, ,045 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road 7,171; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada.
1914; mouth OF Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,6OS; Old Placers,
,,801; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
,he 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 17l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
,ween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
n I'LL, it had previously, and after 1898,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. It still remains the oldest church in
Use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the editice proper is
rom the past century. i
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they reyolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he 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
y. S. infantry, under command OF Col.
SNYDER, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard 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
srchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
If art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Path Finder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
Dy Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
Loreto Academy and the chapel
Of 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, sking in the divide en- route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines; place of the assassina-
ton of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be-
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE