Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-28
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for The General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
gecra Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL UIII VI NEW MhA4Oo'
OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate in Congress ,...... ANTHONY H0sS srs
Governor .,.....,....... Ia bEADfo1D ~,
Acting Solicitor General. R. E. IwlTcHELI
Trnas,lrer '' Antonio ORTIZ Y sALAzAR
| AjiIltsnt General ...... EDWARD l.. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court =. Y. LONG
Associate Justice LIST district. W. II. WHlTEH AN
Associate Justice ID district. " u; LEE
Associate Justice 30 district ~ M d,ir:
Presiding Justice 4th district No.. n v i,oST
e. T. District Attorney. lHoMAn ON : "
E. s Marshal ........ .RoMuLo MARIlNEZ
Clerk Supreme Court ......SuAMERs DOhA HAM
LAND DEPARTMENT.
y y surveyor General EDWARD F. WeI1ET
r. Rcc @. @ Pubic Moneys JAMES A. sPEADLlNG
Z. 5. ARMY.
Commander at IT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
4diutAut ............ LIEUT.. 5, !. SEfBt IN
| c,Tart@rmaster ......... LIEUT.. PLUMBER
hhisTrrsin,r o. II .. Capt. J. W. Summerhayes,
| SeC'v bureau Of Immigration ..... MAX Frost
| q. s. Int. Rev. Collector J'P. MCHkohTf
! HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city OF the Holy Faith OF
It. 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 de Baca penetrated the valley OF
iLc Rio Cirande in 1888 he found Santa
lie 4 fiourshing Pueblo village. The his
tory Of its first European settlement was
| Iosf with most of 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 yenturesome American trader
tbe forerunner of the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
e New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
slres drvness and purity Especially
idaDtcd to tle permanent cure OF pull
mouarv complaints, as hundreds will be
yituess, and by travelling from point to
ooint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enioyed. The altitude Of some OF
the principal points i'll the territory is
~ f5ljrws: Santa Fe, 7,o47; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 400; Glorieta,
1881; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4Sa, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
ouerone, 4,9lS; Socorro, $3.50; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Ft.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was as follows; 1874,
asa degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
491: 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 46.G which shows an extraordinary
nniformitv. 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, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
960 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from AiOu,
ouerque, 50 miles; from Deming, $40
miles from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles. 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,28l miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument i'll 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,
u, 66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, TO
the RIGHT (where the Santa Fe creek has
its sorrce), is l2,O45 feet high the divide
rTesuoue roaU I'LL; Aqua Frla, 6,48o /;
Ciene1lilla (wcst, 6,025; La Bajada,
i. ga mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, l0,608; Old racers
| 6.SO1; Los Cerrillos mountains Nsouth),
1854 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest III and about
the ancient city: e., A.,
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reyeals) being Juan de Otermm
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beatltlluI
oasis. the one in 1891, the other in 1913.
Church of San Miguel. directed in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revhlution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
THE Marques de la Penuela, " i'll the
year ITO. :. 49,
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest. 49,.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The Ole
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
= the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcc
AGAINST Spanish rule in 1880 and drove ou
the enemy after besieging the city io
nine daw. The American army undel
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy II
1916.
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
risoned by three companies OF the loti
u. s. infantry, under. command OF zap
{ tains Gregory Barret, j. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 9 a. m. daily occur
GUARD mounting, a feature OF 'mllitar!
{ maneuverlngever Of interest to the tourist
q Other points OF interest to the touris
3 are: The Historical Society's rooms; TIT
a "Garita," the military quarter; chapel AM
q cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; tn
church museum at the new cathedral, tn
archbishop's gardens; church OF our Gu
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old work
of art; the soldiers monument, monu
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, ri
Carson, erected by the &. A. Il. OF NeN
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducte
bv Sisters. of Charity, and the Orphans
. industrial school; the Indian trainin