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Santa Fe
N.M.
Ft Marcy Park
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POINTS OF INTEREST, SANTA FE. N. M.
Sant§ Fe (pop. 8,000, alt. 6,998 ft.), the center sive walls are 300 years old, and they have
of the most interesting fifty mile square in withstood the ravages of time remarkably
America, is the oldest state capital of the well. Recent repairs have revealed walls that
antedate the Spanish construction—undoubt-
Union and second oldest city of the United
edly the remains of an ancient Indian ruin.
States. The city itself is a veritable cluster
Here have taken place historic gatherings in-
of historic and famous landmarks, dwellings
numerable. It has been occupied by a suc-
and old missions. It is of quaint aspect, with
cession of almost 100 governors—Spanish,
Mexican and Spanish characteristics, narrow
Pueblo, Mexican and American, beginning be-
streets, a central plaza and adobe houses fore 1620 and ending with Governor George
Every stranger visits the venerable shrine ol Curry in 1909. Here is the Ben Hur room, in
San Miguel, a reminder of days of holy zeal which Lew Wallace, when governor of New
> and self sacrificing stress. Inside of the old Mexico, wrote a part of his great novel, Ben
church, which was partly burned during the Hur. The New Mexico historical society has
Pueblo revolution of 1680, and restored in 1710, occupied the east end of the building for many
is foufl'd an old bell, cast in Spain more than year's, while the west end of the building is
a centliry before the discovery of America. home of the Museum of New Mexico and
The altar paintings lay 'claim to even greater- of Ameri>c.n Archaeology. Typical
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age and are by the earliest Spanish masters, \__L_i— r X V. by the school are
as the attendant will describe with more cir- \\ A— .fition. Be sure to visit
cumstance. A vesper service in this old ruye, ... Rito de los Frijoles room
chapel on a Sunday evening will be an im- . Tjr others, in which mural paintings give a
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pressive event to the reverent visitor. •gJSphic representation of the Pajarito cliff
On all sides are to be fpund the prehistoric dwelling region. The adjoining new Museum
ruins of communal villages and the c'"es of building is a replica of the Mission church at
' cliff dwellers, making this the most interest- Acortfa and other Pueblo missions, and con-
ing and valuable archaeological region in the . * tains the state art gallery, a magnificent au-
United States. Pajarito park, just across the ditorium and exquisite mural paintings of the
Rio Grande to the west, is the site of more life of St. Francis. . •
than 20,000 of these communal and cliff dwell- In the Plaza upon which these two notable
: ies, and with the Painteif Cave, the Stone structures face are the Civil war monument,
’ 5 hur ^ of Cochiti, the kivas and holy places, the Kearny, End of the Trail and Lamy mon-
the ar?bwheads ard stone implements which ^ uments. Other notable edifices near by are
are so readily picked up, combine to make a 'the Roman Catholic cathedral with its beau-
trip to this park i most wonderful event. tiful Byzantine decorations and old masters,
The Palace of tie Governors, in the heart the Scottish Rite Masonic cathedral, having
of Santa Fe, is a historic structure; its mas- beautiful mural and curtain paintings, the