Front:
Photographed in 1880
B 3007.
Old San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, N M.
Back:
Cyrighted 1908, St. Michael's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
THE OLDEST CHURCH
Santa Fe, N. M., in 1872, was visited by a
severe storm and the triple tower of the Old
Church was destroyed. It was rebuilt, as now
seen, in 1888, and the buttresses built against
the front. The Oldest Cemetery is seen in front
with its adobe wall to the left. Chamuscado, in
1581, came as far as Tiguex, now Santa Fe, and
left three Franciscans. In 1582 Espejo, with a
small party, found that the Fathers had been
co killed. They soon all returned to Mexico. Onate
in 1607, with his colony, joined the people of
Tiguex, and made it the capital. It was then
called Santa Fe de San Francisco.
