Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-25
SANTA FE.
4 Few Facts for the General 1nforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,

| U. >. MHTSDGl TRINIDAD hOMEh
| lcrk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKH
LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. s. Surveyor General, eel EDWARD +. HoBAE
| .. 8. Land Register......... A. l.. M0RRIso
| Receiver Public Moneys. ...... WIN. M. BERGE
US. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy; Col. SIMON aNYDE
| Adjutant .......... LIEUT.. D. .SEfBCRl
3uarterinaseer isI arhsHs.
0. g. Int Rev. Collector IL. A. HUGHE
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith O
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
see, and also the military headquarters
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10Th century. Its
name was O-ga-pho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
I'd in 1905, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still eXtant in
the United States. In 1904 came the
first venturesome American trader $50
the forerunner OF the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of 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
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
LIZA; TERRA Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 =;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
49.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1876; 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, & and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
ANITA Fe is distant from Kansas City
lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
Irslnidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
o. e-cue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
. IS from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
: , (ts, ,O32 miles; from San Fran
.l,281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
e,el of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
prn end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
IL ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa te creek has
ts source), is l2,O45 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road) IN; Aqua Fria, +, 4o0;
(west> 6,O25; La Bajada,
) ,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north Of
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,608; Old Placers,
], 1901; Los Ctrrillos mountains (sOuth),
1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure Was destroyed in 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
697 and ZIG.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
ween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
he indians destroyed it. Fully restored
II III, 1t had previously, and after 1893,
,een the ony Spanish chapel in Santa
1e. 1t still remains the oldest church in
lse in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
,art from 1922 ); but the editice proper is
rom the past century.
OLD Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
lgainst Spanish rule in l6oU and drove out
he enemy after besieglng the city for
line days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ls gar
isoued by two companies of the 10th
J. :. infantry, under command OF Col.
snyder, and here at a. III. daily occurs
,uard mounting, feature OF military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
re: The historical Societys rooms; the
'Garita," the military quarter chapel and
cemetery OF Our Lady of the Rosary the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
.rchblshop's gardens; church of our Our
.ady OF Guadalupe with it's rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nsnt to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the u. A. X. Of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphs ms
Industrial school; the Indian trail ing
Loreto Academy and the cLs pei
# Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take Q
rehicle and enjoy days outing with
10th pleasure and profit. The various
pots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
,neblo. aking in the divide en- route
rock, up in picturesque santa
ye canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fra village; the
turquoise mines place of the assassina-
ion of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
vond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA VE
8 making a steady modern growth; has
low a population of 8,UOO, and has every
Of becoming . beautiful modern
,ity. Her people are liberal and enter
,rising, and stand ready to foster and en-
courage any legitimate undertaking hay
ny for it's object the building up and i'm
orovement Of the place. Among the
present needs Of santa Fe, and for which