Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-28


L, : District Attorney .,....,... THOMAS HNlJH
+ Marshal ~ .... .ROMULO MARTINEZ
ERIK ~ilur.rnu court .SrMMERs BURKuART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
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r. % '"Pi 11"Ito Moneys JAMES l. srNADL 10
L. y. ARMY,
commander vt IT. Marcy, Col ilnNnY DOUGLASS
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}uart,rmGstcr. .. ... ........ LiEtT. PLuMMEH
3ac'y Bureau OF Immigration Max j'RoS
L. s. Int Rev. Collector ..... .i.f. MctiRoGfY
HISTORICAL.
Santa lie, the city of the Holy Faith Of
It. Francis. is the capital Of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary. archeplScopal
see. and also the military headquarters,
Il is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government OH American soil. When
Cabc2a de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1898 he found Santa
Fe a hourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory Of its first European settlement was
LOST. with most OF the curly records of the
territory, hy 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 venturesOme American trader
the iorerunner of the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe world wide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
# New Mexico is considered the finest on
The continent. The high altitude in
.ures dryuess aud purity Especially
ndapted to tLe permanent cure OF pull
monury complaints, as hundreds will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
,,oint almost any desired temperature
may be enioved. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
~ iollcws Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
! ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, G,4o2
Cimarron, O,4S0, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
ouerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1850; Las
Cruces, SSH; Silver City, 5,94G; TT.
stanton, $3.50. The mean temperature
at til government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was us follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1873, 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, II; South
ern States, =; and New Mexico, 8,
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
uueroue, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles: from FL laso 34n miles; from Los
ANGELES, ,U32 miles: from San FRAN
cisco, Isl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument i'll the
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ul0.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north |
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the rirht (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) III; Aqua trla, 6,4oO
Cieneguila (west>, 6,025; La BaJada
j,5l4; mouth of Santa Fc creek north oil
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandla mountains
highest point, l0,G0S; Old placer8.
& sol; Los CerrllOs mountains (south),
, ,0S4 leCt III nelSllI'
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
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 III 1913
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de la Penuela, y III the
year ITO. i,
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 crumbling and instead grand MOD,
ern stone structure is building The OLD
cathedral was erected in ll6l. /
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used us q strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revotcd
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the enemys 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
tans Gregory Barrel, }. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 9 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuyering ever OF interest tothe 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 Path-Flnderr, MI
Carson, erected by the G. a. X. OF Ne"
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chape!
Of Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
Vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to he visited are Tesuque
pueblo taking in the divide Ell 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 !ldefonso
nTohIo ar fhe ancient cliff dwellers, be-