Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-24
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A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton of Tourists and Sight.
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate IN Congress ANrHoNI JOSEPH JOSEPH
Secretary ....... ... b. NJ. THOMAS
Acting Solicitor General 49,. R. Z. TwlTIcnEL!
Auditor ..................TR TRINIDAD. ALARII
Adjutant General ......,. EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Associate Justice lst district. W. II. Written AN
Associate Justice ID district. ". y; LEE
Associate Justice 81 district: ......J- X; MCtlE
Presiding Justice 4th district 80. Il, ', LONG
Z, ), Marshal ........t...... .ROMULo MARTINEZ
Clerk Supreme Court ,...S SUMMERS buhhAAhi
LAND DEPARTMENT.
VS. SurEcyor General EDWARD + W R9hhEF
Receiver Public Moneys JAMES A. sPRADLiNG
| U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col, Henry DOUGLASS
| Adjutaut ............... LIEUT. ). \ SEf Bt RN
3 4.h5rging Can't j. ". summerhayes.
Secy Bureau Of immigration. ~ MAX FROST
| u. s. Int Rev. Collector J.P. MCGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
SANTA Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
St, Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary, archepiscopal
sec, and also the military headquarters.
II is the Oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe t!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 1850; 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 yenturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TILE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tae permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, } and.by travelling from point to
ooiut 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,
TIA; TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6 ,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
oueruue, 4,91S; Socorro, 1868; Las
Cruces, 1914; Silver City, 5,946; Ft.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
$50 degrees; 1873, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S,1; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1870, 500;
1880. 4G.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, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, ZIG miles; from Albu-
nueroue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
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,
y .66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is Il, O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Erla, 6,48o;
Ciepeguilla (west), G,025; La BaJada,
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
{. 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 de Otermln
The Plaza--Onate and De Vargas MADE
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other IN 1928.
Church of San guel.-Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de Ia Penuela, IN the
year ITO. ~
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crunibling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1850 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
us. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrel, ]. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at $ q. nj. daily occurs
guard mounting, q feature OF military
maneuvering 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-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. r. Of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
| NV Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans