Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-29
TERRITORIAL

tsssnt,g jMstjcr 4tb isfrirt y. LoNG
Marshal w .RONULO MARTINEZ
q rrE supreme Court ..SUMMEGs BUEKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
=. :. surveyor General..... EDWARD T. iIoBAET
,s ',. ', Pull" Moneys JAMES 4. sPRADL NG
U. ARMY,
Commander at IT. Marcy, cor, IIrSRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant .......... 'lhEt l. . i ~ III N.>
lUaTtGrmHstCr... ,.....'i1EIt l. iLtS"hH
5.,c'v Rurnnu OF Enumeration ...., MAX Fnos
u. s. Int. Rev. Collector. .l.F. McGr0HTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fee, the city OF the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital oil New Mexico:
trade center, sanitary. aTcheplscopaI
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
l,e Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Ne q tiourlshin. 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 1850; but the earliest men
ton OF it shows it then to have been the
rapital and the center Of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first yenturesome American trader
the forerlnner OF the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
&C New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
gures dryness aud purity Especially
adapted to lie permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
,)oint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some OF
tho principal points i'll the territory is
ns follows: Santa Fe, 7,041; Costilla,
INA; Terra Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
: ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,olS; Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
Mt tn Government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874, |
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500
1850, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest 10
the union, the ratio being as follows
New England, %; Minnesota, IA; south-
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 5.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles
from Trsinidad, ZIG miles; from Albu,
querque, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, l,O32 miles; from San Fran
cisco, l,2S1 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,
u .66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa te creek has
its source), is II ,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fra, 6,4oO
Cieneguilla (west), G025; La Ba]ada,
j,5l4 mouth Of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,60S; Old Pfacers,
s ,SOl Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
} 1874 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
mansion since 1880, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermln
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1901, the other in 1898
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution OF 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de la Penuela, III the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San All9ue
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 176l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove Out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearnev 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
Ougcan, and here at 8 q. m. 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
archbishops 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 &. A. K. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital conducted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take q
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, taking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines; place OF the assasslna
ton Of Governor Perez; San lldefonSc
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwelers, be
yond the Rio Grande.
TIE CITY OF SANTA FE