Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-11-12
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 1868, it is
therefore the second oldest European settle
uIent 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 Oh
the continent. The high altitude insurcs
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 DC 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, 5,7O4; Alba
querque, 4,9l8 SOCorrC, 1866; Las Cruces
3,844; Silver City, 1916; TT. Stanton, $500
The mean temperature at the government
station at Santa Fe, for the years named as
was as follows: 1874, 4S9 degree 1873, 1876
degrees; 1876 4S1; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6;
1879, sos; 1880, 1866; which shows an extra
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, 25; Minnesota, IA
Southern States, s. and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas CITY 500
miles; from Denver 33S miles; from Trini-
dad, 2l6, miles; from Albuquerque, 50
miles, from Deming, 316 from Ell Paso,
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1,O52 miles
from San Francisco, 1921 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the grand
plaza is, according TO latest corrected meas
urements, 7,019.5 feet above the level of the
sea; Bald mountain toward the northwest
and at the extreme northern end Of the
Santa Fe mountains, is - 66l feet above sea
level Lake Peak, to the right (where the
Santa Fe creek has its sOurCe), is l2,0l5 feet
high; the divide (Tesuque road I'LL |
Augua Fria, 6,4S0; Cinegulla, (wcsJ 6,025 |
La Bajada, 5,5l4; mouth Of Santa Fc creek |
(north of Pena Blanca, 5,225 Sandi1
mountains highest point, lU,G08; Oh |
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 il tefest 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 1880, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restored in
I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893, been
the only Spanish chapel in Santa E'e. 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 Society's rooms; the "Gar.
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
Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
the G. A. r. of New Mexico; st. Vinrcnt'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 sigbt-seer here may also take vehicle
and enjoy days outing with both pleasure
and profit. The various spots of interests
10 be visited are Tesuquc pueblo, taking IN
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