Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-15
HISTORICAL.

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HISTORICAL.
SAINT the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Fran s the capital OF New Mexico;
| trade C n, sanitary. archeplscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the Older ,at of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe hourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of its fret European settlement was
lost. W d. most of the early records OF the
to- ..ory, by the destruction OF all the
archives in 1880; but the earliest mem
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 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 drvness and purity especially
adapted to tne permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness } and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
NAV be enioyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costllla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1897 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6, 489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oueruue, 4,ylS; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa re,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, F.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, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu,
uueruue, IS miles; from Demlng, 3l6
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, LOOP miles: from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the
grand plaza is, according to latest co1recV
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 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. 1861 feet above sea level Lake Peak,to
the right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is ,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) III; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0
Cieneg,lilla (westH, 6,025; La Bajada,
h,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1928; Sandla mountains
(llighest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
6,S01; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancie 1t city:
The A lobe Palace, north side OF the
plazs. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ano
captain general $50 lar as the data al
hand rev .als) being Juan de Otermln
The Plaza--Onate and DE Vargas mace
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1913.
Church of San guel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de la Penuela, " In the
year l7lO.
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
ualy crumbing and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy OF the present day ls gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10Th
U. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tans Gregory Barrett, j. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
ever Of interest to the tourist.
Other points of Interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"1arita, +" 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
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
Of art: the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the g. A: R. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take q
vehicle and enjoy days out outing 3. witt, WIN
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
p1,eblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Monum. Mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
....,,o;oa piues. Mace of the aSsaSSina-