Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-17
HISTORICAL,

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. arChepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 18th 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, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Gloreta,
1857; Taos, $780, Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; IT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 48.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1865; 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, g. and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
querque, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, ,032 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
The northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,661 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
ts source), is Il, 045 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west,, $685. La Bajada,
1914; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point) 10,60S; Old Placers,
1901 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
.697 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, II
)een the only Spanish chapel in Santa
1e. 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 editice proper is
rom the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
ind used as a strategic military point by 8
he Pueblo Indians when they reyolted
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he enemy after besieglng the city for
line DAYS. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
.846.
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. IN. daily occurs !
,uard mounting, feature OF military
naneuverlng ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
re: The Historical SoCiety's rooms the
'Garita," the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
.rchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
# art the soldiers monument, monu- g
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit a.
larson, erected by the Il. A. X. of New g
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans !, II,
Industrial school; the Indian training p,
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel d
If Our Lady of Light. n
The sight-seer here may also take Il
,ehicle and enjoy days outing with g
10Th pleasure and profit. The various nc nc
Jpots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque y
oueblo, aking in the divide en- route; v
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa 81
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs; e
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
mines; place OF the assassina- al
ion of Governor Perez; San lldefonso N
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be- &c
gond the Rio Grande. Il Il