Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-01-06

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Santa Fc, n. M, Jan. 4.--Santa Re
the beautiful capital city of New
Mexico, famed in story and song is
unique in the history of American
towns Around it is clustered much
Of romance and never falling interest
to those who find pleasure and in
struction in delying in the past ana
the story it tells. Here side by side
are object lessons whereby the civil
lizatlon of The / nth and 18th centuries
can be studied i'm contrast with that
of the present day as nowhere else in
American Not only is it the capital OF
New Mexico, but with one exception it
is the Oldest settlement made by Waite
men in the United States. Further
more it has been constantly occupied
ever since that time with the exception
of IL years following 1880 when it was
captured by the Pueblo Indians. Herr
50 carefully preserved that the marks
Of its 900 years of age are not perccp
tible, is located the noted adobe pal
ace which was the official residence Of
the Spanish and Mexican governors
and since the Mexican war has been
the headquarters Of the territorial
governors appointed by the presidents
Of the United States and occupied by
them up to the time when the bcautt-
full and imposing capitol building was
built. Here is situated the oldest
ct IN ArnaNfpan coil htliir
by the Pueblo Indians and near by
stands the San Miguel church, first
built in 1910 and still used as a place
of worship by the faithful. Santa r.
was the end of the famous trail OF
the name, which began at West Port
now Kansas City which led out over
the plains OF Kansas up the Arkansas
valley and climbed the mountains
through Ration pass. This route ira
versed by pack mules and prairie
schooners loaded with MERCHANDISE
will forever be remembered as the
Santa Re trail This famous trail was
used by the ATgOnauts to California
at The time of the gold discovery, Mer-
Chandise to an enormous value was
often carried by a single caravan In
spite Of the protection of a strong mill
tary escort, the trail was almost con-
tinuously sodden with human blood
and marked by hundreds Of rude
graves dug for the mutilatcd victims
of mWdcrOus Apaches and other
tribes. Every scene recounted by ro-
nance Of Indian warfare had its COun-
terpart along the Santa Fe trial. The
ambush, the surprise, the massacre,
the capture, the torture, in terrifying
and hcartbreakipg detail, have been
enacted over and over again. with the
advent Of the railroad there came
peace and security The Santa Fe
trail is but a memory. The Apache
is harmless and the Pueblo Indian
forms a romantic background to a
thriving Anglo-SaNon civilization such
as is found in the Santa F'e Of today.
Its name is interviewer with the his
tory of the west so it cannot and new
or will be forgotten. 1t was an i'm
purtant town long before the pioneers
crossed the Allcghenies or had even
settled in the Atlantic river bottoms
There are maps in the United States
in the museum Of the Historical So
ciety Of this city which show that
Santa I'e disputed for many years, SUI
premacy in importance on the west
ern continent with New York Phila
dclpha and Boston Interesting as Is
its past, its present and future APP
peals strongly to the stranger within
its gates who would study its prescp
merits and advantages