Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-05
Santa Re-.
A Few Facts for tho General Iuforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight.
SocL Visiting tlo
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Clerk Supreme Court 80. SUMMERS BuRHHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
T.. :. Surveyor General -. EDWARD F. HoBAR
e. :. Land Register o.. ..,. d. IL. WALEE
Receiver Pubic Moneys JAMES a. oPRADL-N
U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at f. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLAS
| Adintaut ............. .lIEuT ). \ SEiBtRl
! Ou1rtnrmaster .........L IECT. PLuMMEl
Disbur.ing o. u .... Capt. J. ". Sumnerhayes
Secy Rureau OF immigration .,... MAY FkOs
T. s. Int Rev. Collector. ...J.f' hCdRoAT'
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fo, the cityof the Holy Faith @
st, Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archeplscOpa
see. and also the military headquarters
Ii is the Oldest seat OF civil and religious
government on American soil. Whe1
| Cabe2a dc Baca penetrated the valley o
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found SAINTS
Fo q Honrlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OF it's first European settlement was
lost, with most oil the early records of the
territory, by tho destruction of all the
archives in 1850; but the earliest men,
ton of it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first ycnturesome American trader
the forerunner Of the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
cf New Mexico is considered the finest on
tho continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tie permanent cure of pull
monafy complaIhts, as 1; nun sl1 WIN p te
"lthe'S,J any w $500 Jon;red far, p pT 70
PoLnH "li I]t,.oi Tho oIt;I,,de NJ oonn ~
tha nrinci1al points in the territory is
20 fdIlcws: Santa Fc, 7,O47; CostilIa,
, 774. TERRA Amarillo, 7,455 Glorieta,
75S7 Taos. $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP !;
Cimarron, 6,48G, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
onnrnue, ,9l8: Socorro, 1865; Las
Crljces. ssh; Silver City, 5,94G; IT.
Stanton. :. 800, The mean temperature
Of The Government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was as follows; 1874,
AZ q degrees: 1873, 4S.G degrees; 1876,
AL. 1S77, ASS; 1878, 47.G. 1879, SOC;
1850 AZ which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows:
New EnSliuNI, 20 4llAi.goot", - Eo''i.
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DISTANCES
Santa Fe IS distant from Kansas Ian ivy
500 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, zig miles from AlOu,
Guerque, 50 miles; from Deming, $40
miles; from ri Paso, $40 miles !; rom Loo
Angeles, 1882 miles; from san IRAN
cisco, PSI miles
ELEVATIONS.
M, ,,,so ~ tbn monument in ,he
inG ,I 100 10 occording Ia latest correct
o 81 ,nor ',~' 7095 feet above the
I 10, i'o ~ tGn snoi Paid mountain, toward
f tII' northeast ri and at the extreme north
orn end Of the Santa Fe mountains,
e5 5 re- Gl faot h , .lnyel lake Peak to
~ r;ah III fvhorn tho Santa Fo creek has
;t en,irnoS i; - AK fept hirh the divide
ITocun,1o rood) 7l7l: Aqua Fria, G,490;
(teslllu ';Ii io"HI ro G : oJ5. In Roioda'
SiG ~ , ',l,, If Santa Ia creek north of
T 1o,,n n }i,u 4 935. Sondia mountains
t1 Vi,i, '' noirN IN E0S Old Placers,
G" "a "a TorriIlos maintains (south),
o'ooi ro l+o; j., Gv,lrl't
Upon '0'V 4'' ''''9''''
POINTS OF INTEREST.
1q,oro oso so,,o fortv v;orions noints of
tieio I ,'I1 , 49, i,,tarost in and about
t tLo en Wt luf' r ii,y:''' ~ -' Wv '
MA AIohn Palace north side of the
, nmo h,'o boo,, " ""cuniaJ os an executive
p ,,'r''} I,' ,,o1GSo Tie first governor and
lii'iioto' 49, i0 To i,r &C Tho data at
Ial''tun 5 oi'G' Il, T,a, 10 Otnrmin
iar1' iGN e.'l'l N 2V,n ond De Voraas made
ino lt1'' 1or ~ ''i nI,ar this Leautiful
run ,ila'i' .'i a. 15o1 thn other in 1899
o'2S, NY o ~ can NT;g,oI -Irected in the
Hl'uloti ~ 9tn l d,ring the Pueblo
lovi oGit,u lea" leo robn;it 6y order Of
f rex 'Lu',2u u 1oIo 10 Pa.,i,ola y in the
ne niaique7 W. ''' ''0' -.
year ear l'lU. ,o.. d,,or;,r bo,eo in the
ne otetoSU T i"ea4oi7 raar San Niouel
Gnl.en ''ites 10 Iii ~" IN IHofnro tbe Snnnish
cllurcn.l:. IL Was '''niV Oe'0Ao Wv = '''--'
con rI s,t,,o1rors walls ore grad.
Inc alicieiiS o',l,J' ;r a. rrand mod.
uany cLuIii ,t,t "lV' i; In,;Idin5 The old
eril s!9I9 stiec,n aaio y ~ 17E1 O O
caI ap Wa S t,oC.' was Grst recognized
20 81 ro IT.. " strator,. military noint bv
allu Iseq 'I' I. 1:la.es rbnr, tLor frovoltnd
the Iueglo lnallis VITA ,eao an3 drovo oft
.I'lsS 9"ii n]tar r' hosiogno The ctv for
tiie eiienly MI n1o,.;nn6 9 orov Under
n n uayS, alrv a ala Fort Marcy in
,o.o coiis'iuo'o0 01o Wv "
1912. ,,,.,- - .,,o -rosort dov "a oar.
orr AalcH VI VIC on p nn,,ins Of tba nth
flsoneu ny uniuV , Cu'i clp,amand NJ Can.
U: .. Infantry l.,uJi r Stro4ch ond. IL
talns ufeso[y b ona q ~ 9 daijv occurs
Duss"n, alru ne'0 ~ footrra If military
maneuveringeve OF interest to the tourist.
Other pqlIi.s oi ih Sa y. r .no .o 10 is
afe ne ilis.Giitar ,7u,aets cbane a .
Gafita, Vtle milI'aik i'ti ~ Sinpvi H.
cemetery OF or Ivy " w oothoSrsi t the
chnrcn nuseu ~ st'o ,pm ch Of orr S 'm
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