Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-25
SANTAFE.
/ Eaw Facts for the General Informa-
item Of Tourists and Sight
1eers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.


OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate In Congress ....... ANTHONY JOSEPH
Governor ................L. BRADFORD PRINCE
Acting Solicitor General, 49,, r. E. TwlTGHE1l
| Auditor. ....... ....,.. ..lRlNlDAD hLhNip
Treasurer - ANTONIO ORTIZ sALAzAR
Adjutant General ....... EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court f. V. LoNG
| Associate Justice LIST district w. II. Written AN
| associate Justice I'd district. ....,.. W. D. LEE
| Presiding Justice Attn district 49,. e. V. LONG
| 4 : Marshal ... ROMULo MARTINEZ
| Clerk SUPREME Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
{. S. Surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HOBART
r. 8 Land Register .. ....... -. II. WALKER
Receiver Public Moneys JAMES A. srEADL,NG
Us. ARMY.
commander at TT. Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLASS
Adjutant ........... LIEUT.. o. j. oEf b' M
QuartrrmaSter. ..-... :iIEtf' fLIhMEh
Svc'y bureau oi immigration. MAX FRosi
U. S. Int. Rev. Collector .....-.. .J.P Mcdhokrf
HISTORICAL.
SantaFe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital OF 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
Cabe7a de Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe 4 tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OF its first European settlement was
josi, 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
,.aptaI and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the loreruuner Of the great line OF mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
f New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tie permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness. and by travelling from point to
ooint almost any desired temperature
nav be enioyed 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,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, i, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
nueroue, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500 The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa re,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 48.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1878, 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
fine union, the ratio being as follows
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
s69 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueruue, 80 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, 340 miles; from LOG
Angeles, ,O32 miles: from San Fran
cisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest coireCc
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above tiie
level OF the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north-
ern end Of the Santa Fe mountains,
u ,661 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, TO
the right (where the Santa Fe creek. has
its source, is l2,045 feet high the DIVIDE
(Tesuuue road) iii; Aqua Fria, q, 4S0;
Cieuegllilla (west, COPS; La balada,
5,514: mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,G0S; Old Placers,
s sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south,
) 1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest III ana about
the ancient city: =,
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ana
raptain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas mace
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1928.
Church of San Miguel Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the PUEBLO 9
revolution OF 1850; rebuilt by oroef ol
'The Marques de la Penuela, IN the
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uallv crumbling and instead a grand mod,
erp stone structure is building. The Old
cathedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they reyoltcd
AGAINST Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city foi
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy IN
1916.
risoned by three companies OF the LOU
U. s. infantry, under command OF Cap
tafns Gregory Barrett, J. f. Stretch and
Durgan, and here at 8 a. M. daily occurs
vuard mounting, feature OF military
mancuvering ever OF interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tours
, are The Historical Society's rooms; thu
"Garita, the military quarter chapel ant
! cemetery of Our Lady Of the Rosary; thu
church museum at the new cathedral, thu
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, nj
Carson, erected by the G. A: Il. OF New
Mexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducte'
bv Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans