Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-09-13
SANTA FE.
\ Few Facts for the General 1nforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
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lhNNiioi'iN :. ro.r..
e peegate IN congress BRADFORD PRINCE
Secretary .,..,...... 1920. B. NJ. THOMAS
Acting Solicitor General R. =; TWlIGh ELI
asoa.ar Nrosio ORTIZ Y sALAzAF
Adiutant General ........ EDWARD L. BARTLETT
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court -. E. V. LONG
Associate Justice lst district W. H. "MiTEI AS
Associ iate Ju ustce "a "a district r. McF1E
Presiding justice 4th district .. E V, Lone
y. $. District Attorney po, THOMAS p sAst1
cio 81 S SsnraIn.. Cont suSMERs BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
II g. Surveyor General. EDWARD F. HOBART
9. s. Land Register 1.,,. a. a. app mALk Eh
''O>"''0 n q ARMY.
Commander at Fl, Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant .-............. LIEUT.. >. y .sEYBveS
Quartermaster .''''''''''' Alhor' rhoAhhh
sec'y Bureau of immigration ...: MAX FRosr
q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector T. "o''h'hff
HISTORICAL.
o,.,. Ia +ho citv of the Holy Faith Of
:. oa Tnoaa re 10 tho gonital Of New Mexico
Trade h.; rfa cente az ' sanitary archepiscopai
s staoe ord also the military beaduuarters.
49, 1t :, the Oldest saat Of civil and RELIGIOUS
n =. as .l,U o0s ON American soil When
sSoha1a do Race nanetrated The valley of
,ho pc ~ Gramds in lb3s he found Santa
t Eo a 40 aour,shino Pueblo village. The his
re-. re- IS IG ;ta ' Grst Furoneln settlement was
Io a "a r;th MOTT If the early records of the
t toss; "rS wv Tho destruction of all the
1890 ~ 1880. Int the earliest man.
a., i nf i elbows II then 70 have been the
..Oi " ~ a 81" the center nj commerce
o os,ther;+v ord infnence In 1904 came
tha t;rst ventr,resome American trader
t s,o fo ,er Of the CREST line of mer-
c co who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to the permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may De enjoyed. me alti.uue VI sonle u
the principal Poni's IA .n w. .ei H,.Hl,,i
as iohGWs' oan.a ~ .1,s, G Hst
I,n4; Terra A ana W., w. oie' Hso
1881 1aos' o,'2o, naT gn1
Clmarroh' o'a19' Dc uanar oL'e ess. p
querque' 81 ,1io ' a;,,no. Nv ga -
cruces, 2'oofa NV Ivy o,onv, ~
stanton, DOW. 49, Ing st,.ie e a. . Santa En
az the goVelnenta s.a..om t al .1o7e'
t e9 .ile yeais Io7s AZ danre"s 1919
49, aesIees 1o' 1870 o0 AZ e 500 t so
3D. don, 4o:ol tHao, s,o, t toao, Ev,o,
Aooo, 400; WHICH, SHOWS ~ ed d;aaosa.
rol tupel ; iisIases tile
~ n TUE " the he" rot;o be;no 90 foIows
New England, 25; Minnesota, ID; South
ern otates' o. I'LL" i'e" i"0Ai0o' o.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe Ia distant from Kansas City
aeo n,;las. from Denver. 338 miles:
from Trsinidad' 218 miles: from Albu.
o,,nrn,,a OK noiIas. from Deminp. 318
, aJHas ~ ,om Fl Paso. 34O miles from Los
a nee,es o32 miles: from San Fran
c;.co ! 5s1 miles
D'''' N'' =, -, .r,ovs
49,. hhh'AiAoNs' :.
The base OF the monument IN me
grand plaza Is, according TO laIest coire eGs
ed measurements, l,0iS.o 1eet apove tile
level OF the sea bald mountain, TOWARD aan
the northeast ana az the extreme mor'ii'
ern end OF the Santa re mountains,
1851 feet above sea Level Lake feak, 70
the right (Where the SANTA re CREEK mas
its source), Is lz,o4o lee. nien Ile ol aoo.
(Tesuque road) 7l7l; Aqua Fra, 6,4So;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,0Z5; Ia balaoa,
) ,5l4 mouth OF Santa re creek MORN ol
pena Blanca), 5,ZZo Samoa mountains Hn
highest point, lo,ooo; va Liacers'
6,8Ol Los Cerrlilos mountains 'south)'
1854 feet in height.
POINTS or 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
since 1850, the first governor ana
captain general $50 far as the aata az
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermm
The Plaza-Onate and DE vargas mace
marches over TINS peautlluI
oasis, the one in 1891, the other IN 1928.
Church OF San Miguel. IN the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by ORDER OF
''The Marques de la Penuela, In the
year ITO.
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
nally crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure Is building. The old
was erected in 1851. /
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besiesing the city for