Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-29
SANTA f..
A Few Facts fer the General Informa-
tio1 of Tourists and Sight.
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.

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Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate in Congress ..,..... ANrHoNY JOSEF
| Governor DO. Il" bHhDfokD i hlHC
| secretary w b. NJ. THoMA
Acting Solicitor General . R. L. Tw1TcnEL
| Auditor TRINlDAD ALAKI
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
| Adiutam General - EDWARD H. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
ghief Justice supreme Court, 49,. r. '. LON
Associate Justice lst district. W H. WHITEM A:
Associate Justice ri district d.. 49,. W. j. LEI
associate Justice 10 district. ,... j. Il. MCfl'
Presiding Justice dth district. H. v. LON
u 5. District Attorney ...,...,. THOMAS nMlIi
r MARSHAL ... .ROMULu MARITIME
Cirrg Sunremo Court .. SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT..
IS. suryeyor Gener"l,.,.EDwARD F. II i9 SI@F,
E f. re- ''cl' PnSiG Moueys JAMES A. sPHADLN,
L. :, ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, CoIe IlENEY DOUGLAS
Adiutant -........,.. LIEUT.. 5. SEfBt RI
Ouartermaster ..............LiECT. PLUMMEI
bisInrsing q. N Capt. j. W summcrhayes
SprN Bureau OF lIlDlBIdlIOll- IA ~ MN
q, 3: Int Rev Collector. ....... Up. MCGRoRT1
HISTORICAL.
Santa fc, the city of the Holy Faith O.
st. Fruncis, is the capital Of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopa
see, and also The military headquarters
1t 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
Fe tlourlshing 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 venttlresome American trader
fine forerunner 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 dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne permanent cure of pull
monorv 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, 7047; Costllla,
7.774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1887 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
qucrque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1855; 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,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 Degrees 1876,
4S.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47,6. 1879, 500;
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, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1853 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles !;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
ouerque, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
cisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The hase Of the monument i'll Vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,019,5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1896 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 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, $3.50 !;
Cieneglilla (west), 6,025; La BaJada,
5 ,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,609; Old Placers,
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: j.,
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
since 1850, the first governor and
captain general $50 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 1888.
Church of San Miguel. -Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
"Thc Marques de Ia Penuela, y in the
year 1710.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
Tie ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as n 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 Barret, j. +. 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 Oul
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu
ment to the Pioneer Path-Finder, Hi
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