Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-08-22
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
E. Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

-. 50rTr%or General EDWARD r. ii"hi =,
J. y lana i hfEiS EIrncys JAMES T. ..rN4Di' X,
Us. ARMY
commander al Fl. Marcy, C" !ESEi pncGhA%
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HISTORICAL
Santa Re, the city OF the Holy taltIt o.
T. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico
rade center, sanitary. arthepiScopa
&c. and also tie military headquarters.
t is the oldest seat OF civil ana religious
oyernment on American soil. When
Iabeza de Bara penetrated the valley OF
he Rio Grande in 1885 he found Santa
e q hourlshing Pueblo village. The his
,ry OF its first European settlement was
}gt, with most OF the early records Of the
orritory, by the destruction OF all the
rchives in 1885, but the earliest men
on OF it shows it then to have been the
apital and the center OF commerce,
uthority and influence. In 1904 came
he first venturesome American trader
le forerunner OF the great line OF mer-
hants who have made traffic over the
anita Fe Worldwide III Its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
New Mexico IS GonSiG i: ne iei niies' On
re continent lhe nisil "itltu'le H.
lres drynesS auu PURIFY leSpeclallf
tapted 10 ttIe pef'li"iienV , ouie vi Pq La
'onary cohPalhts, as li''it 49, cS'' WI ,'e
tness' ana ny .'"G Jora 'i4 tn, iot W
oilit "lni ;oJ ''y Tha "ltitnde Of Soma Of
Jay ~ nointa in fine Territory ia
, fdIlcws: Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costilla,
IA; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
5S7: Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,432;
jmarron, t, 4S9, Bcrnalillo, 5,704; Albu-
1croue, 4.9lS; Socorro, 4,655; Las
ruces, 3.S44; Silver City, 5,946; 1T.
anton, $500. The mean temperature
, tn government station at Santa Fe,
r the years named was as follows; 1874,
50 degrees; 1915, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
ii: 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 50.6;
$50, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases the
,ath rate in New Mexico is the lowest IL
"a union, the ratio being as follows
ew England, 25; Minnesota, "A; South
Il otAIeS, y ANA AVG" ''o1>'' ''
DISTANCES.
Santa Ee is distant from Kansas City
9 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
nm Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
leroue, SO miles; from Deming, 3l6
lies: from FL Pasn. 34O miles from Los
ngeles. I,O32 miles. from San Fran
sro. ,281 miles.
r1pv,rroSs
mn -, 49, ,o,rrort j., tho
Inc pase Vi tlie 1; m'onu i'ta.t anrrert-
and plaza ~, accolui9 ~ 81, a1,Vat o,n 10
measurements p .TiT r'o ,vtS ,'I toward
vel Oh the sea p "a 49,, ii'o o~trorlo uorth.
Re hotIhea "a th "lie ca -, s'T Ia mnnntoins
~ ac gn ~ - o, ,U 600 Laval LIKE Peak to
1901 leet ABOVE seq le.el In xno e"T ~. W
le rlSht (Wilere tile o"hI" 80 ,I,,;Io
source}' IS l-,ot2 ieet in Er .me uIan.
es'piu IN to'' 1mostl 4 ~. Ia Raiodo'
lenegullla l"eSp, o,U-o "a ~" n"Jh0 q;
Ola; mouth Oh oa nl &c oIeeN ,nor u,
efa blahca}, o'-Io cn 2"'i''l IA I- pIa"ors
llgi'eSt PottlI;: io'ooo .1i,,. 1eouthS
oOl LOS GerIl1loS ''i'''ii'''i'' >''''''|'
2S4 leet III height
POINTS OF INTEREST.
r,,oro oro Soma forty v,rious points Of
nr aa0 ~ ,oas hiotori,. irterest in and about
VIZ W ,ut7 ,. 49,, ~
II MI t'lio az SIoko 'po,oco north side Of the
a1o hos hoen occupjed as an executive
49, l,"s s;n "uen ESQ tha Cirst Governor and
' "ti9iun r ", fso lor 80 The data at
' t"J ,a,!eooIsI hoin', Innn do Otermiu
tI n.y. G pi oa.'l Unnfo and No Taroos made
.. iie i''~' or''Los ovor this heontiiul
iull i,iiui' ll4 =, 1toI the ether in 1Go3
' G5, .l,b o ~ San Winol Directed in the
y. Eiiul.!, - ''' In,tna1ad drrng thn Pueblo
'.i' ueidtW I IEcn reh,;it Nv order Of
- ~ W ~, ,0 % 10 panrel. - in the
li.e ,- niaiq'0' 0o '''
' T - W. ,.u. 1,xo,,;ro borso in the
ite S oto1a ia i"catnd neor San MIGUEL
ii rt '''I a. ,a9 I,,;It hoiore tbe Spanish
''ua,Ia.. - "'' "''i' '
' IN, :. oo.,,o1,o,,s wol,s ora GRAD.
ne aiioiti;r ",'d n"tood a yrand mod.
.liy ciuni 1tn,9, "l" ;s hniIJ;nS Tho did
~ sl2i.J 81, $1,000 orantod IN Ia
'I 1i T a. .''S Wnrn woa frat recoonzed
0lu rore ni atratoc G"1 Military lila noint Nv
AZ p uTeI go f T. When thcv reyolted
le te Go, iir r',Io in 1850 and drove oft
5aies. ni nStor ri bosieguU the rity for
ie ne en da1.s T TIa Am u5 armv Under
me uays, , atru nlI'9 old Eort Niarcv in
3Ic 'oi'''i '''o' ''N "
'1 40. Macon, IS ,,o nrosor+ dav 10 oar.
fort Wary VI 'iio p ,e9em0 o ~" ,bo mi
sonea ny .nrv ,vd e"' pmmanJ Of Can.
. i l,llan.ly' ,a,uti Io II Strotch and.pp
'lhs gregory paIle., ''i da;ln or" oncrro
usgan, anu mere az foo =, no. of military
us'lo , noo.e, Of interest tothe tourist
Other points OF interest to the tourist
re-: The Historical Soclety's rooms the
Garita, the military quarter chapel ana
OF Our Lady OF tie Rosary; the
hurrh museum at the ne" cathedral the
rchbishop's gardens; church OF our our
,ady OF Guadalupe WIN us rare oio WORKS
{ orf tbn sOlUlprS' monument, nODu-