Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-13
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'h o-ge. but it had been abandoned
long before CorOnado's time The Spanish
town Of Santa Fe was founded in 1863, it is
therefore the second oldest European settle
ment still eytant in the United states. III
1904 came the first ventureSome American
trader-the fOrerunncr Of the great line OF
merchants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe world wide 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 COIN
plants, as hundreds will be witncss) and
by travelling from point to point almost any
desired temperature may be enjoyed. The
altitude Of some OF the principal points III
the territory is as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047;
Costilla, 7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Clio.
rieta, 1885, Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, CASE; Bernaillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9l8; SoCorrC, 1865; Las Cruces,
nj "a " ny, o'Di'' =. N'"li.oiI, o,ooo
lne mean lei,ipfIo'rre az the government
etavioli az 9u.ila re- or .lt9 years nance aS
degrees; 1876, 4S.1 1877, 4s3; 1878, 47G;
1879, sos; 1880, 1876; which shows an extra,
ordinary uniformity. For tubcrcular dis,
eases the death rate in New Mexico is the
lowest in the union, the ratio being as fol
lows; New England 25; Minnesota, IA
Southern States, +; and New Mexico, 3,
nrsrANcrs
,..t,N,c'",l ,.-..-- c,..- oo,
SANTA re ~ ulStailt , rom hailSaS N'tE oo1
hiles rom DeilFer 900 mics; from Iriiii-
i i,in loin OelIi'ils' olo iron, Lh lHSo'
o4o miles e, rom Los AiEciGs, l'oo- mics
Hoin Dan rlahcisco' l'-ol liiile9'
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the Grand
plaza is, according TO latest corrected meas,
urements, 7019.5 feet above the level of the
sea; Bald mountain, toward the northwest
and at the extreme northern end of the
Santa Fe mountains, is l2,G6l feet above sea
level; Lake Peak, to the right Cwhere the |
Santa Fe creek has its source5, is 12,O45 feet |
high; the divide (Tesuque road iii: |
Augua Fria, 6,480; CineguilIa, (wesU COPS |
La Bajada 1914; mouth of Santa lie creek |
north of Pena Blanca), 5,2Z5; Sandi. |
mountains (hlgheSt pOlnt1, 10 SOS; Oh !
Placers, 6,S0l; Los Cerrillos mountain.
(south), 1854 feet in height.
no,rrs On ,,,,,,r,,.r,
~ t'iN'' VI AN N'.'''
or ase histor; i irerost IL; ana I abot
tho encient ctv
TIE odohe noioca otond, ~, tLo s,o4 ,,horo
tbe old Snanish neIacn had boon ornntad
shortly aftar 1G05 THAT That anniort strnct~ro
yv.s strnvad in Ifso and thn ,rroSort one
was constructed between "nu 1907 o. and Fla 0''
The chanel If San Mignal was h,iit be.
+raar 1e9e o,d Ieen f., +h W." I,tt ' ',,o w"
~ Ind;omo aastrooJ !. E,ii,, J'i ~,
III, - LII ,a,,;ooI, N' Zoo ~ 49, ~
the only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe 1t |
still remains the oldest church in use in
1'G Tt meA aia
from 1890. Int the edifce ,rnnor ia frn Pho tbe
past century.
Other points of interest to the tourist are:
e W TN ihas ~i;tn oocie,y rooms .he uarl'
to a W. i'aiy deai'e oiiapci anu ceiIle'
", out LAY! vi ule h,'9a'y ''ie ch'iGi
h;.he.l;a q. .he iem ca'iieuia', NE alchr
Cisn3P saiuell' cnuIch pi our Lacy OF
" uuauai!Pe WIN us rare olu WORKS OF ART;
I,ie soIui1ls hIolulleIi', monument u 'he
:, ioileel Fa.h'r niger, MI larsen, crcc'eu oy
Inc y: a. N. OF new MeAico o. lllcents
nospitai, cohuuc,ea by me 3istGrs 81 Charlty,
aiiu .ne oiPlahs iliuuS[llal sciio"l ''e III,