Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-04-17
HISTORICAL.

HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith O
| St. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary and archepscopal see
An Indian pueblo had existed on the sit
previous to the 18th century. Its name wa
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been abandone,
long before Coronados time The Spanisl
town Of Santa Fe was founded in 1906, 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 til,
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 tt
the permanent cure of pulmonary com
plants, as hundreds will be witness,) ant
by travelling from point to point almost any
desired temperature may be enjoyed The
altitude of some of the pria points in
the territory is as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47;
Costilla, TIA TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Clio.
rleta, 1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP
Cimarron, CASE; Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu..
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1885, Las Cruces,
sS,S44; Silver City, 1885, 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, 48.6
degrees; 1876, 4S.1; 1877, 483; 1878, 47.6;
1879, sos; 1880, 1876; 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, rs; Minnesota, IA;
Southern States, s; and New Mexico, 3.
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 Ell Paso,
$40 miles; from Los Angeles, 1882 miles ];
from San Francisco, 1,28l 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 (Tesuque road I'LL;
Augua Fria, 6,4SO; Cineguilla, (west) COPS:
La Bajada, 5,514; mouth of Santa Fe creek
north of Pena Blanca, 1925; Sands
mountains highest point, 1O6OS; Ole
Placers, 6,S0l; 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 1880, and the present one
was constructed between 1897 and 17l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
,ween 1886 and 1880. In the latter wears
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
'ast century.
= Other points of interest to the tourist are:
The Historical Society's rooms; the "Gari.
a, the military quarter; chapel and GENE.
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
'ioneer Pathfinder, Kit Carson, erected by
he G. A. R. of New Mexico; st. Vincent's
hospital, conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
nd the Orphans industrial school the In
Ian training school; Loreto Academy and
he chapel of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a vehicle
IND ENJOY days outing with both pleasure
ma proht. The various spots of interests
o re visited are Tesuqle pueblo, taking in
he divide en- route; Monument rock, up in
picturesque Santa Fe canon; the Aztec min. |
'ral 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
J making steady modern growth; has
low population of 5000, and has every
ssurance Of becoming beautiful modern
ity. Her people are liberal and enterpris-
ng, and stand ready to foster and encourage
ny legitimate undertaking having for its
bject the building up of and improvement
# the place. Among the present needs of |
ANITA Fe, and for which liberal bonuses in |
ash or lands could undoubtedly be secured, |
nay be mentioned canning factory: a
7ool securing plant and tannery. Skilled
abor of all kinds is in demand at good |
RACES. The cost of living is reasonable, and
cal property, both inside and suburban, ia |
.eadily advancing in value.