Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-05-30
HISTORICAL.

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
| ment still eXtant in the United States. In
| 1874 came the first venturesome American
| trader-the forerunner 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 wtness,) 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, 6,4S9; Bernalillo, 5,704 Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las Cruces,
1884; Silver City, 5,946; Ft. Stanton $500.
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fee, for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 4S9 degree; 1875, 4S.6
degrees; 1876, 4S.1; 1877 4S.3 1878, 47.6;
ordinary uniformity. For tubercuar 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, &; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City 800
miles; from Denver 1888 miles; from Trini-
dad, 2l6, miles, from Albuquerque, IS
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1892 miles
from San Francisco, / ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
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 II, 66l feet above sea
level; Lake Peak, to the right (where the
Santa Fe creek has its source), is 12,045 feet
high the divide (Tesuque road) III |
Augua Fria, 6,4s0; Cineguilla, (west) 6,025
La Bajada, 1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek
north of Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sands
Placers, 6,so1; 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 1906 That ancient structure
was destroyed in 1850, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 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 1893, been
the only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. 1t |
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 Carl
ta," the military quarter; chapel and ceme-
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-Flnder, 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 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.
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 a 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 canning factory
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.