Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-04
HISTORICAL.

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary and archepiscopal sec
An Indian pueblo had existed on the sit
previous to the 18th century. Its name wa
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been abandone
long before Coronados time. The Spanis
town Of Santa Fe was founded in 1908, it
therefore the second oldest European settle
ment still extant in the United States. Il
1904 came the first venturesome America
trader-the forerunner of the great line 0
merchants who have made traffic over tn
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest OF
the continent. The high altitude insure
dryness and purity Especially adapted t.
the permanent cure of pulmonary com
plants, as hundreds will be witness, all,
by travelling from point to point almost an,
desired temperature may be enjoyed. TIL
altitude of some of the principal points il
the territory is as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47
Costilla, 7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Clio
rieta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9; Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu
querque, 1918; Socorro, 1865; Las Cruces
1874; Silver City, 5,946; TT. Stanton, $500
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe, for the years named a.
was as follows: 1874, 48.9 degree 1875, 48.(
degrees; 1876, 4S.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6
1879, 500; 1880, 1866; which shows an extra
ordinary uniformity. For tubcrcular dis
lowest in the union, the ratio being as fol
lnNy1 NaW ENGLAND Ok. Minnesota
Southern States, &; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas CITY SOS
miles from Denver 1888 miles; from Trini-
dad, PIG, miles from Albuquerque, 81
miles from Deming, 316; from Ell Paso
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1882 miles
from San Francisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the granC
plaza is, according to latest corrected meas
urements, 7,0195 feet above the level of the
sea- Bald mountain, toward the northwest
and at the extreme northern end of the
Santa Fe mountains, is 1861 feet above sea
level; Lake Peak to the right (where the
Santa Fe creek has its source, is 1905 feet
high; the divide (Tesuque road) III
Augua Fra 64S0; Cineguilla, (west) 6,O25
La Bajada, 5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek
(north of Pena Blanca, 1925; Sands
mountains highest point, 10,60S; OLD
Placers, 6,S0l; Los Cerrllos mountain
(south), 1854 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 1716.
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, it had previously, and after 1893, been
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 edifice proper is from the
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourist are :
The Historical Societys rooms; the "Gari.
ta," the military quarter; chapel and GENE.
terry of Our Lady of the Rosary the church
museum at the new cathedral, the arch
bishops garden; church OF Our Lady of
J,
the soldiers monument, monument to the
Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
the G. A. R. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
and the Orphans industrial school the In.
dian training school; Loreto Academy and
the chapel of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take vehicle
and enjoy days outing with both pleasure
and profit. The various spots of interests
to tie visited are Tesuque pueblo, taking in
the divide en- route; Monument rock, up in
picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Aztec min.
eral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria vii.
lage; the turquoise mines place of the assas.
sination of Governor Perez; San Ildefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, beyond
the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
is making steady modern growth has
now population of 5000, and has every
assurance of becoming beautiful modern
city. Her people are liberal and enterpris-
ing, and stand ready to foster and encourage
any legitimate undertaking having for its
object the building up of and improvement
of the place. Among the present needs of
Santa Fe, and for which liberal bonuses in
cash or lands could undoubtedly 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 is reasonable, and
real property, both inside and suburban, is
steadily advancing in value.