Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-30
LAND DEPARTMENT
U. 8. ARMY.
HISTORICAL.


HISTORICAL.
Santa lie, the city of the Holy Faith 0
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 beer
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
Che principal points i'll the territory is
as follows Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 8, 489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 9,S44; 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, 1875 degrees; 1876,
48.l; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
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, & and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
alta Fe is distant from Kansas City
LES; from Denver, 1888 miles;
Grsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
lie, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
E from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
IS, l,O32 miles, from San Fran
1921 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
Id plaza is, according to latest correct
, measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to |
the right (wh 9re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, 6,480;
(west), 6,O25; La Bajada,
1914 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S; Old, Plaaers,
), SOL; 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 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
;ween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
n I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
oeen the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. 1t 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.
OLD Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
1ine days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
isoned by two companies OF the 10Th
j. S. infantry, under command OF Col.
SNYDER, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
,uard 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
.rchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
adv of Guadalupe with it's rare old works
# art. the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the &. A. II. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters of Charity, and the orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
If Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
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
Ia canon: the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
t1,rouoise mines; place of the assasslna-
ion of Governor Perez; San iidefonso
nueblo. or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
ia making steady modern growth; has
now a population of 5000, and mas every
of becoming beautiful modern
civ, Her people are liberal and enter
prisinp. and stand ready to foster and en-
courage any legitimate undertaking hay
inc for its object the building up and i'm
Of the place. Among the
present needs of Santa Fe, and for which
liberal bonuses in cash or lands could I'm,
doubtedly be secured, may be mentioned
a canning factory; a wool securing plant
and tannery. Skilled labor Of all kinds
is in demand at good wages. The cost OF
living 10 reasonable, and real property,
both inside and suburban, Il a'eadily adj
vsneins In yalua