Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-01
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Z Few Facts for the General InfOrma-
tio1 CT Tourists and Sight"
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate III Congress ........ ANTHONY JOSEPH
Governor .,.................L. BRADFoRD PRINCE
| Secretary w Is, NJ. THOMAS
Acting Solicitor General. 4. E. TwITcHELL
Auditor. ........,........., TRINIDAD ALAFlL
Treasurer .. .... ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAzAf
Adjutant General ......... EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. 2. V. LONG
Associate Justice list district, W. II. WHITEM AN
Associate Justice I'd district .,,...... ~ y: LEE
Associate Justice 30 district ......... J. K. MCFIE
prcsiding Instjce 4th district ....... j. V. LONG
&. s Marshal ............. .ROMULo MARTlNEZ
cOrk Suprplnc Court ..... SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
VS.. surveyor General EDWARD F. u HoHA EG
! Receiver Public Moneys JAMES a. sPRADLtNG
| &. S. ARMY.
| Commander at TT Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLASS
| AdjUtant ............ LIEUT.. o. 1 PEI b1 kn
! 4uaTtermaSter- LIEUT.. fluhMEh
| Sec'y Bureau OF Immigration MAX Frost
! L. S. Int. Rev. Collector .J@. McdhoRTY
| 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.
| II is the Oldest seat OF civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza lie Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Re a tlourlshing Pueblovillage. 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 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 venturesome American trader
the forerunnor OF the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity. .
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures drynoss and purity Especially
adapted to tle 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 Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP
Cimarron, &, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oleroue, Abs, Socorro, 4,Gj5; Las
Cruces, 1914; Silver City, 1916; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.1; 1877, 1873; 1878, AIS. 1879, SOC;
1880, 46.G; 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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles
from Trsinidad, 21G miles; from Albu-
oueroue, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles, from San Fran
cisco, 1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the
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,
l2,G6l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) III; Aqua Frla, &, 460
Ciepeguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
6,S01; 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 1850, 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. Erected In the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order OF
''The Marques de Ia Penuela, " IN the
yea, l7lO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumblng 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 q strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltCd
against Spanish rule in 1850 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. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. N. daily occurs
guard mounting, 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-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
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