Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-07
SAINT FE.
A Few Facts for the General Inf0rma
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate in Congress ........ ANTHONY josef
Governor .....,...........L. BRADFORD PRIMO
Acting int"F Solicitor General 800 R, J. TwlTcHG1!
Auditor. ......... ...... .-IklNlDAD ALAhii
Treasurer - ....AEToNIo ORTIZ Y SALAzAI
Adjutant General. ........ EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. =. r. V. LoNC
Associate Justice lst district. W. H. WHTEMAN
Associate Justice ID district '... -. " D. LEf
Associate Justice 80 district j. II. MCfll
| Presiding Justice 18th district .......E N.LONC
! i : Marshal . .... .ROMULO MARITIME
| C,crt S,ureme Court -. SUMMERS BURKHAR1
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Y. ). Surveyor General .... EDWARD 7. HOBART
/ T. 8. Land Register .. ...... p. j. II. NALEEP
! Receiver Public Moneys JANIS 4. SPkADL NC
Z. S. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. IIENRY DOUGLASS
| Admtant ..........,. LIEUT.. y. SEf RI RN
Ouarternaster ...... .......... LIEUT. PLUMBER
Sacy Bureau Of immigration ...... MAX FRosI
Z. g. Int Rev. Collector ........- ~. McGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
# is the Oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley Of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Ee a tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OF its first European settlement was
lost, with most Of the early records of the
territory, by the destruction Of all the
archives in 1880; 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 yenturesome 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
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tie permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa re, 7041; Costllla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, &, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oueroue, 4,0lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,94G; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was as follows; 1874,
$50 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
49.1; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1855; 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 England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
oueroue. IS miles; from Deming, BIG
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles: from San Fran
cisco, 1,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in Vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is Il, Gas feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua frla, 6,49o 7;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,O2o; La Balaoa:
5,5l4; mouth Of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
thighest point, 10,60S; Old Placers,
6,S0l; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 feet in height.
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 the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
captain general ESQ far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis. the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel. directed in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1850; rebuilt by order Oh
1.-THE Marques de Ia Penuela, III the
year ITO. a.,
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Mlguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uallv crumbling and instead q grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in l76l. :,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy OF the present day is gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10Th
U. s. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, j. f. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, q feature OF military
maneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita, " the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu,
rnent to the Pioneer Path-Finder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. OF New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
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