Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-15
HISTORICAL,

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary and archepiscopal see.
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 founded in 1905, it is
therefore the second oldest European settle.
1lent still eXtant in the United States In
1874 came the first venturesome American
trader-the tOrerunner of the great line of
merchants who have 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 insures
dryness and purity Especially adapted to
the permanent cure Of pulmonary COM
plants, 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,O47;
Costilla, 7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Clio.
rieta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, CASE; Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,918; Socorro, 4,G55; Las Cruces,
G,S44; Silver City, 5,946; tt. Stanton, $500.
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe, for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 4S.9 degree; 1875, 1876
degrees; 1876, 481; 1877, 4S,3; 1878, AIS;
1879, sos; 1880, 466; which shows an extra
ordinary uniformity. For tubercular dis
eases the death rate in New Mexico is the
lowest in the union, the ratio being as fol.
lows; New England, rs; Minnesota, IA;
Southern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas CITY 1863
miles; from Denver 1888 miles, from Trini-
dad 216, miles; from Albuquerque, IS
miles, from Deming, SIG; from FL Paso,
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1892 miles
from San Francisco, l,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
plaza is, according to latest corrected meas
urements, 7,019.5 fee5 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 Fria, 6,4S0; Cincguilla, (west) COPS
La Bajada, 5,514; mouth of Santa Fe creek
(norLh of Pena Blanca), $685. Sands
mountains (highest point, 10,609; Ole
Placers, 6,SOl; Los Cerrillos 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 1867 and 17l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in
I'LL, it had previously, and after 1903, 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 edice proper is from the
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourist are:
The Historical Society's rooms; the Carl
ia" 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 |
Guadalupe with its rare old works of art;
the soldiers monument monument to the
flOneer Path-tlnder, Kit Carson, erected by |
the G. A. II. of New Mexico; st. Vincents
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 be 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. |
iage; the turquoise mines place Of the assas
sination of Governor Perez; San iidefonso
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
of becoming beautiful modern
city. Her people are liberal and enterpris-
lng 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 iannery. 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.