Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-17
SANTAFE.
A Fow,Faots for the General Inforna-
ton Of Tourists and Sight,
Soera Visiting tho
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DII:ECTORY.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
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Delegate III congress n H., PRINCE
S secfat '1?5 .. $780,. B. N. THOMAS
Acting solicitor General H. r. !Wis sihEIb
Auditor '''-''. Axroyio 6 Et11i9 Y sAIAzAR
A ff'I1 General. EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court Ev; L9SG 9
Associate Justice lit disfFift '" " " ~ LEE
Assocato yn ns,ics district u. h. McFIE
Presing justice 1th district E v LQSG
u $ Dstric: Attorney :, ImoN msP 3TSi q
y; - AaIsla, ,;,t SUMMERS BUnKHART
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r, O e,,,.o,nr cnnornI. EDWARD +. HOBART
Z, ). Land Register =, 49,. u. H. WALLER
Receiver FuO"c Mr"s's ,pI, H''''' -
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QpiutcEmaster, i lIE srion GTmM t,
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III r = I jt Rev. Collector .J.P McGEoRrY
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Santa re, the Guy OF Vie - NJ! M az, u
St Fran>i8, IL tie tapt Oh no Ho niH%lro
trade center, s"nlatg, h %rcLepiSrui
see, and also the lhliitary ne"i0in ai;..
1t is the Oldest seat Oh eiYn an iet, WIZ,
government Oh Am,G' aT,ni tTa vo1ov Of
Cabeza de baGa e'' i59 ~ ho for fonnS Santa
the H5o Gf9de b IN 100 i iio ao Tbo 'I hiSl
lie ilorlSlllhg uoplo tIit"sf tionanf woo
tory OF its frst european sel.iei ,I ~ ~ th
lost, with most OF Ile gary leoolt' II t .io
territory, by the qes'lGoIlom Gn "in 80 o,,o
archives IN looo' puC tlie ealii ino, h' ~
ton OF 1t shows II Iheh 10 ll't'o poen aie
capital and the center u I 1oai na
authority ana lliIuehce. ~ ioQf Jt'l'ie
the first Vetureso!he anTi' T'la " 80
the torerunner Oh INC gaeav iflao VI nt w.
chants VINO nave liuu ~ ' noinhri Ave- WIG
u,rr, c,,,.rr
.e,,.u, rov;oo 10 considered the finest on
"a "a N9m n, 14uH,Jo " Tho high altitude in
Ine , con IrI,pnas AVID mlTitv (especially
oJivS - Ire nermanent cure of pull
a 'Ia,iort, connIa;nfs A hundreds will be
n ii;t,i"s!, Io ond Nv travelling from point to
.'aint olmoet any desired temperature
nav I've eni0yed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points i'll the territory IS
as follows: Santa re, 7041; Costllla,
7,774; TERRA Amarllla, 1920 0lofieta'
7 ,587; Taos, 6,90O; Las vegas, o,42Z
Cimarron, G,469, BernahLlo' O,'Ut; Alpu-
1918; Socorro, 4,o9o Las
Cruces, S,S44; Silver City, o,54o; III.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at santa re,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1915, 48.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 5o.o;
1880, 46.G; which shows an extraorulhafy
For tubercular diseases tne
death rate in New Mexico Is the lowest In
the union, the fe,1o Oeln t aS i1 eo,,th
NC" CO, q .ond Nov Mexico. g
n,srAxcrs.
:. 1;ata,,+ f,o,, Konsos Citv
,o SautH 10 e f.o "l''i nonvar S38 miles ::
800 miles; IRON a, Den lIo. f 200 Ain,
from lfsinlu"u, -lo nin0' ha,r,;na o1e
querque, 90 mics d IRON IL n f.an, 90
miles; from Nj faso, o4o hii'oS sn I'm Frn na
Angeles, 'O21 h'neS N0''' Jan ~
cisco, ! Isl miles,
ELEVATIONS
The base of the monument III The
Grand nIaza is. according to latest correct
Cd measurements. 7,Ol0.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
y GGl feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the RIGHT (where the Santa Fe creek has
lis source), is II, 045 feet high the divide
Gieneanilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
: 514. month of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pono Rlanca). 5.225; Sandia mountains
(highpst point, 10,G09; Old Placers,
6,S0l: Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
< M fapt in height.
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POINTS OF INTEREST,"
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north SIDE OF tnt
nIaza has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ano
nantoin General $50 far as the data al
hand reveals being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
trillmnbant marches over this beautiful
oasis the one in 1891, the other in 1893
CHI Church Of San Miguel directed in The
,eth centnrv DESTROYED during the Pueblo
r ret Of 1880; rebuilt by order o
tGrbo Marques de la Penuela," III thu
yaar 171n
The Oldest dwelling house in thu
United States is located near San Migu1e9
chnrch # was built before the Spanisl
CONQUEST l
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
rallv crumbling and instead a grand mod
e sr Stone structure is building. The Of,
cothndroI was erected in 1851.
So Old Fort Marcy was first recognize
and used as strategic military point b
the pueblo Indians when they revoltc
og o SPANISH rule in 1880 and drove OF