Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-21
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Iuforma-
ton Of Tourists and Sight.
SooE3 Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

n OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate IL Congress ......... ANTHONY JOSEPH
u Governor ......... ......L. BRADFORD PRIMO
i Secretary .. ...... ... B. NJ. THOMA
Acting Solicitor General. .. r. f. 1wITcuNL
! Auditor. ................ . TRINIDAD ALAHu
., Treasurer .. ....ANTOEIo ORTIZ SALAzAi
Adiutaut General ........ EDWARD L. bartlett
JUDICIARY.
! Chief Justice supreme Court. E.V. LONt
Associate Justice st district ". II. WnlTEMAS
Associate Justice "a district. .... W. u. LEE
Associate Justice 81 district. -... J. X. McfIf
Presiding Justice 4th district o.. f. V. LONG
U. 3. District Attorney ........... THOMAS SMITH
U. ). MarshaI...... o., ..... .RoMuGo MARTINEZ
C!erk supreme Court .... SUMMERS DUEKHARI
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Z. 5. surveyor Gcneral..,. EnwAED +. MoRARI
U. S. Land Register . .-... J. Il. WALLER
U. ;. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. EIENEY DOUGLASS
| Adjutaut ............- LIEUT.. y l. HEiBC RfI
D }iS Q. N .. Capt. j. ". summcrhaycs.
Seu'y Bureau OF Immigration ....., MAX Frost
U. S. Int. Rev. Collector. up. MCGEoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary, archepisCOpul
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on american soil. When
| Caheza lie Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 lie found Santa
Fe Hourlshing 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 venturesonle American trader
the iorerunner OF the great line Of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity
TIE CLIMATE
Ct New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
ADAPTED to tae 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 Fo, 7,047; COstilla,
7.774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455 Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, G,480, Bernalillo, 5,704; Nbu-
aueruue, 4918; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; 1T. |
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at tho government station at Santa Fe, |
for the years named was as follows; 1874, |
$50 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.1; 1877, 48.3 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, Ago; 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
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles from Albu-
ouerque, So miles; from Demiug, 3l6 |
miles from FL Peso, $40 miles; from Loa
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, | PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 1898 feet above the
level OF the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II 1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is II ,045 feet high; the divide
(Tesuque road III; Aqua Fria, 6,48O;
Cieneguilla (westD, 6,025; La BaJada,
5 ,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,GO8; Old Ilacers,
6 sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5S4 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 $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Pla2a-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1858.
Church of San Mguel-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1885, rebuilt by order of
"Hhe Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uai1y crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as q strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the enemy after .beseging 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, feature OF military
maneuvering ever of'iuterest 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
NV Sietnrs of Charity and the Orphans' |