Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-02
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seors Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

| RECEIVER Public Moneys JAMES A. SPRADLiNG
L. ARMY.
Commander at FIT. Marcy, Col, HENRY DOUGLASS
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i1 1isnirsinc q, N Capt J. W. Summerhayes
Sac'y Bureau Of immigration ~ az Ak rRo KOS,
Q, s. Int Rev. Collector .J.r' MCuhohif
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
St. Francis, is the capital oil New Mexico;
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopal
see. and also the military headquarters.
It is the oldest seat OF civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeaa de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Re f!ourlshing 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
tiou OF it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center Of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
The first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line OF mer-
rhonts who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
e. New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures drynoss and purity Especially
ADAPTED to tae permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness } and by travelling from point to
ooint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some OF
the principal points in the territory is
a. follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7.774: TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1851; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452:
Cimarron, & ,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oueroue, 4,919 Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,94G; 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, 49.6 degrees; 1876,
al. 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880 46,t; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest ID
the union, the ratio being as follows.
New England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 1913 mlles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles; from AlDuo
querque, So miles; from Deming, 30
miles: from Ell Paso $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, l, 2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument III me
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 nortn-
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II, G61 feet above sea level; Lake feak, 10
the right (where the Santa te creek mas
its source, is 49, 45 feet high the dlV Id
(Tesuque road III; Aqua Frla, 6,4SO
Cieneguilla (wes0, 6,O25; La ba]adais
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,6O9; Old racers
6,S01: Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 feet in height.
poINfs 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 1850, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the data az
hand reveals being Juan de Otermln
The Playa-Onate and De Vargas mace
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1901, the other in 1923.
Church Of San Miguel IN the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
'The Marques de Ia Penuela' III the
year l7lO. :. .ho
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near san Nilguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest. ;,
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uallv crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The Ole
cathedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they reyoltec
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove ou
the enemy after besieging the city tol
nine DAYS. The American army unde
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy II
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
risoned by three companies OF the doti
n. s. infantry, under command OF Gap
tains Gregory Barrett, j. f. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF mllltar.
maneuyering ever of interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tours
are: The Historical Society's rooms; tn
"Garita, ~ the military quarter; chapel AM
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; tn
church museum at the new cathedral, tn
archbishop's gardens; church OF our Ou
Lady of Guadalupe with Its rare Old work
of art; the soldiers monument, monu
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, al
Carson, erected by the e. A. X. OF NeN
{ Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducte
bv Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
5 industrial school; the Indian tralnln
a school; Loreto Academy and the chape
. of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing wit
both pleasure and profit. The variou
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuqu
pueblo, taking in the divide en- route
! Monument rock, up in picturesque SAINT
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; til
turquoise mines; place of the assassin'
tion of Governor Perez; San lldefons
|, nueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, b
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
ia making a steady modern growth; hi
now a population OF 5000, and has evel
| assurance of becoming q beautiful moder
y city. Her people are liberal and ente
prising, and stand ready to foster and e.
II courage any legitimate undertaking ha
Il ing for its object the building up and II
NJ provement of the place. Among tt