Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-03
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
1904 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 ilsures
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 i'll
the territory is as follows: Santa Fe 7,047 =;
Costilla, TIA TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Clio
rieta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9; Bernalilo, 5,704; Albu-
,querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 4,655; Las Cruces,
3,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, 4S.6
degrees; 1876, 4S.1; 1877 4S3; 1873, 47.6;
1879, sos; 1880, 1876; 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, 25; Minnesota, IA;
4 r.. nd 2
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City 1863
miles; from Denver 1888 miles; from Trini-
dad, ZIG, miles; from Albuquerque, 50
miles, from Deming, BIG; from FL Paso,
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1882 miles
from San Francisco, 1921 miles.
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 1861 feet above sea
level; Lake Peak, to the right (where the
Santa Fe creek has its source), is 12,045 feet
high; the divide lTesuque road LII;
La Bajada, 5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek
north of Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandis
mountains (highest point, 10,60S; Ole
Placers, 6,801; 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 1857 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
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 Carl
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
Pioneer Path Finder, 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
Me 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 he 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 viii
Age; 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.