Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-14
SANTA FE..
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,

Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL
Delegate in Congress ANTHONY Hu9E[n
Acting Acting Solicitor General. r. J.. TwITcHGLl
| treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAZAr
| Adjutant General ......... EDWARD l.. bAi'tLh'
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court ~ 7, v. Log :,
| Associate Justice ID district. ". = LEE
Associate Justice Sd district. ...-..,J. Il; McFlE
| Presiding Justice 4th district 49,. T. '. Losu
U. $. District Attorney IhoN IA ,, Ell
q. S. Marshal. 49,. ,,. .EoMuto T
| Clerk Supreme Court .,...S uhNENs hoHNiiN"'
LAND DEPARTMENT.
r, $. Surveyor General. 80. EDWARD +. HoBAEI
U. s. Land Register =. ng ";
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Cor. Henry DOUGLASS
Adjutant, ..'....'. 'l'lhI % 81 -, w.,
| Quartermastcr .......,..,..... LiECF' lhoAAEH
sec,y Bureau of immigration Max FFoSt
| q, s. Int Rev Collector T. MCGEoHTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city OF the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary, archeplscopaI
see. and also the military headquarters.
It is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Bacae penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
he fiourlshing 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 tho
capital and the center of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line OF mcr-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest OF
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne permanent cure of pull
monarv complaints, as hundreds will be
witness and by travelling from point to
noint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some Of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774: TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1881; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, G,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
o,ieroue, 4,919; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 1916; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the Years named was as follows; 1874,
$50 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
48.l: 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1870, 500;
1880, 46.6; 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, s. and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 33S miles
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu,
oueruue, IS miles; from Demlng, 3l6
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles from LOG
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument i'll vle
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,
- .661 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its sourcej, is u, 045 feet high the divide
-
Cieneguilla (west), COPS; La BaJada;
5,514; mouth Of Santa Fe creek cnorth OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,60S; Old Placers,
6,S01 Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 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 ut
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 1873.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo,
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de Ia Penuela, " in the
year 17l0. ,, ~,
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ually crrmbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 176l.
ID Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as o 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
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, ]. f. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
| guard mounting, a feature OF military
| maneuvering ever of interest 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 oldworks
of art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Path-finder Kit
Carson, erected by the G.. A. R. of New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
| hv Sisters of Charity and the Orphans