Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-06-16

| DlbDurslnB " N .....Chpt. j. W. oumheih my e
q. 0. Int. Rev. Collector. .........J.P AcGEohT'
| 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. lts
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had beer
abandoned long before Coronado's time
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found.
I'd in l6O5, 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, y 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,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, + ,489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
auerque, 4,918; Socorro, 1853; Las
Cruces, 3,844; 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, 48.6 degrees; 1875,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, AIS. 1879, sos;
1880, 1856; 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, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from A!bu-
auerque, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles: from San Fran
cisco, 1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
level OF the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II 1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak +, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(hiyhest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
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 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7I6.
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, 1t had previously, and after 1858,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. 1t still remains the Oldest church i'll
use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the edifice proper is
from the past century. /
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as q strategic military point by
The Pueplo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
constructed old Fort Marcy in
l846.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
.isoned by two companies OF the 10th
u. 4. infantry, under command of Col.
Snyder, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
yusrd mounting, q feature Of military |
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
gardens; church Of our Our
Lady Of Guadalupe with its rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the g. A. X. Of New
st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters Of Charity, and tie Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
The sight-seer here may also take q
vehicle and enjoy a days outing with
10th pleasure and profit. The various
,pots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, Aking in the divide en- route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
e canon the Aztec mineral min n1,. springs r.;
mines; place Of the assassina-
lion Of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso
nueblo. or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
yond the BIO Grande.