Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-26
SANTA Re.
4 Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight.
Soer5 Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

} CAPITAL CITY VI NEW MbA1O'
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
DcIarn1e In Congress ..... ANTHONY JOSEF
Governor ...,......,,,....L. bRABFoKD rh MN
Acting Solicitor General .... +. L. TwIFCHEi
Auditor. .......... ,..... -.IRlNlDAD AhAhi
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
Adiutaut General .... EDWARD H. bartlett
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice SUPREME Court .... g. f. V. LON
Associate justice lst district, W, II. WuITEM A
| Associate Justice I'd district .. v. -. IL
| Associate Justice 81 district. .....J. r. MclI
Presiding Justice 4th district L. v. LON
{. 5. Marshal. - 49,. .RoNULo MARITIME
Clerk Supreme Court ...SUMMEEs buRAhAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Z. $. Surveyor General. EDWARD F. HoBAE
i;cr r. ,:,i raSlic Moneys JAMES a. SrnADL,N
U. ), ARMY.
| Cnmn,andpr at 1T. Marcy, Coz. IfENEY DOUGLAS
Ad!utaut .IIEqT.S 9ES bv r,
6sHGrFns Capt j. u. sumncT6a$c,
| 5ec'y Hurrnn OF Immigration. ....: MAX Eros
Z. s. Tut. Rev. Collector,;.... .J.P. DcGRoaT'
HISTORICAL.
Santa lie, the city OF the holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
sec. and also the military headquarters
II is the Oldest scat Of civil and religious
Government on American soil. Whel
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley o
the Rio Gra9de in 1888 he found SAINTS
Fe tlourlslifng 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,
ton 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-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
e New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to TIC permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, } and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
NAV be enioyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa re, 7,N1; Costllla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1851; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, G,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
ouerque, 4,918; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,94G; IT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.G degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.G; 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, %; Minnesota, Ia; South
ern States, s; and New Mexico, 5.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1863 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
ouero,le, 85 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco, i, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
Tho base of the monument In uhe
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,
- .G6l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high ;the divide
(Tesuque road I'LL; Aqua Iria, G,46o;
(west), COPS; La Balada,
5 ,514; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north. OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
9 sol; 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 1850, the first governor and
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan dc Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1901, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo,
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques do Ia Penuela, " III the
year ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
Tie ancient cathcdral's walls are grad.
uallv crumbling and instead a grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as q strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they reyoltcd
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 Barret, j. f. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, q feature OF military
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
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 Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. r. OF New
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 a
vehicle and enjoy days outing With
both pleasure and profit. The various