Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-25
SANTA Re.
\ Few Facts for the General InfoFma-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate In Congress ANTHONY JOSEF 5h,,,.,
| Governor ................L. BRADFORD PRlNCE
ortarv w B, NJ. THOMAS
ietin ntS Solicitor General r. Z. TwlTcHELL
tudit0r . TRINIDAD ALARlD
| rraasurar ANTONIO ORTIZ sALAzAR
| tSirtont Ganprs1 EDWARD l.. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court u u w :; "; h9sS
Associate Justice lSt district W. H. ~ - ~ ~
associate Justice I'd district y. u. hr.h
associate Justice 30 district ...... j. H. MCf y
presiding Justice 4th district ..... f. V. Lohu
y. s. District Attorney D,,, IhoH u ,rTINEz
cinrr sunranp tourt SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Y. s. surveyor General, 80, EDWARD +. HoBARr
T. s. Land Register d. ..... -. II. "ALf'L h
Receiver Public Moneys JAMES a. 5PRADL NG
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLASS
Adjutant 'LlEGI. o. 5 81 d, ~,
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pishur,iug O. NJ Capt J. W. Summerhaycs
Sec'v bureau Of immigration ..... NAN fkoS.
U, s. Int. Rev. Collector .....,.. ..J.f' MC'hohIf
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
St, Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopai
soc 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
Ne fiourlshins 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 venturesome American ira Ter
the forerunner. of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fo worldwide in its celebrity.
TIE CLIMATE
If 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
pont almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
AS folcws Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774: Terra Amarillo, 400; Glorieta,
1881; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, i, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
nueroue, 4.9lS; Socorro, 1853; Las
Cruces, S,S44; Silver City, 1916; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1919 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.G; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercuar diseases tie
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest Ia
fine union, the ratio being rs follows
New England, % Minnesota, IA; South.
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Re is distant from Kansas City
s6a miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
uuerui,e, SO miles; from Deming, BIG
miles: from FL paso 3t miles; from los
ANGELES, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in .he
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 1898 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
l2.66l feet above sea level; Lake Teak to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is I2,O45 feet high the divide
Cresuuue roaU III; Aqua Fra, 6,4oo
Cieneruilla (west, b,025; La Bajada
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225 Sandia mountains
ihiyhest point), IL, sos; Old placers
& S0l Los Cerrllos mountains (south),
! .5S4 feet in height.
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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
,.aptain general $50 far as the data at
hand reyeals) being Juan de Otermin
The paza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis fine one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Mig,lel. Erected in the
18Th century DESTROYED during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order of
mrhe Marnues de la Penuela, p" in the
wear l7lO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church II was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uaIly crumbling 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 a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
,non l-z..o 80,