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Title: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the year ended June 30, 1897
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: United States Department of the Interior
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atis of interest to the tourist and sight-seer, as well as to those in searchof health. The greater number of the streets are narrow and crooked;the low, flat-roofed adobe houses of the sixteenth century elbow elegantmodern structures of brick and stone, lending a charm to the old townwhich casts a spell over all visitors, making them wish the ancientwalls could speak and tell of what they have seen in all the years thathave passed since the first Indian stepped upon the plat of ground nowforming the plaza. Nowhere else in the United States can there befound so curious a combination of the past and the present as in theCity of the Holy Faith. LOCATION. The city is situated almost in the heart of the southern Rocky Moun-tains, at an elevation of 7,000 feet above sea level. The Atchison,Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the Denver and Rio Grande Rail-road give communication with the outside world, the former with Chi-cago direct, 1,320 miles to the northwest; the latter with Denver, 404
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TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO. 503 miles to the north. These two roads render Santa Fe of easy accessfrom both oceans, and a more delightful place to rest on a long journeycan not be imagined. CLIMATE. Almost surrounded by lofty ranges of mountains, the valley in whichthe city stands is sheltered from winds and storms, perhaps as no otherplace in the land, and the climate can not be excelled. From the rec-ords of the United States Weather Bureau in the local office, coveringa period of twelve years, it is learned that the average maximum tem-perature is as follows: January, 38°; February, 44° ; March, 52°; April, 00°; May, 08°:June, 78°; July, 82°; August, 80°; September, 72°; October, 62°;November, 49°; December, 42°. In the winter on the coldest day thethermometer rarely falls to zero, while in the summer the temperaturewas never known to reach 90°. Extremes of heat and cold are unknown,and the day when the sun does not shine all or part of the time is sorare as to cause comm

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