Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-11
HISTORICAL.

Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith O
St. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary and archepiscopal see
An Indian pueblo had existed on the sit
previous to the 18th century. It's name wa
O-ga-p ho-ge, but it had been abandone,
long before Coronados time. The Spanish
town Of Santa Fe was founded in 1905. it i
therefore the second oldest European settle
ment still extant in the United States. Ii
1904 came the first venturesome American
trader-the forerunner of the great line o
merchants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest or
the continent The high altitude insure:
dryness and purity especially adapted tc
the permanent cure of pulmonary com
plants, as hundreds will be wtness) anG
by travelling from point to point almost any
desired temperature may DO enjoyed. The
altitude of some of the principal points in
the territory is as follows Santa Fe, 7,O47;
Costilla, 7,774 TERRA Amarilla 1856; Clio.
rleta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, CASE; Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu.
querque, ,4,91S; Socorrc, 1855; Las Cruces,
1884; Silver City, 5,946; Ft. Stanton $500.
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 4S9 degree 1875, 1876
degrees; 1876, 48.1; 1877, 483; 1873, 47.6:
1879, SOC; 1880, 46.6; 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, Is; Minnesota, ID :;
Southern States, 8; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas CITY 500
miles; from Denver 1888 miles from Trini.
dad, ZIG, miles; from Albuquerque, IS
miles, from Deming, 3l6; from FL Paso,
gao miles; from Los Angeles, 1882 miles !;
from San Francisco, 1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
plaza is, according to latest corrected meas
urements, 7O195 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 12,O45 feet
high; the divide (Tesuque road) I'LL;
Augua Fria, 6,4S0; Cneguilla, (west) 6,025
La Bajada, 5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek
(north of Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sands
mountains highest point, 10,6O8; Ole
Placers, 6,S0l; Los Cerrillos mountain.
(south), 1854 feet in height.
POINTS or 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 $780, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and IT'S.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in
I'LL, it had previously and after 1893, been
he only Spanish chapel in Santa Fe. 1t
till remains the oldest church in use in
New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in part
rom 1922; but the edifice proper is from the
oast century.
=, Other points of interest to the tourist are:
a." the military quarter; chapel and GENIE.
cry 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;
he soldiers monument, monument to the
.loneer Path Finder Kit Carson, erected by
he &. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
nd the Orphans industrial school; the In
liam training school, Loreto Academy and
be 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 intarasta
TO be visited are Tesuque pueblo, taking in
the divide en- route; Monument rock, up in
Santa Fe canon; the Aztec min.
eral springs; Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria vii.
age; the turquoise mines place of the assas.
'ination of Governor Perez; San Ildefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, beyond
he Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FR
8 making a steady modern growth; has
now a population of 5000, and has every
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; a
wool securing plant and tannery Skilled
abor of all kinds is in demand at good
wages. The cost of living is reasonable, and
'eal property, both inside and suburban. IA
teadily advancing in value.
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