Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-06
SANTA re-.
A Few Facts FOR the General Informa
ton Of Tourists and Sight
SeerSVisiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Solicitor General. ...... 9. EDWARD l.. BARTLRI
Auditor ............. TRINIDAD ALARi
Treasurer . ... ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAZA
: Adiutant General. s. FLETCHE
Sec'y Bureau of immigration. MAX Eros
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BRIE
Associate Justice list district W. Ii. WHITEMAl
Associate Justice I'd district. .......... W. D. lie
| Associate Justice Sd district ........ J. K. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district jas. OBRIE,
y. 5. District Attorney. =. ..... f. A. FISK
| 9. 5. Marshal. ..... .... TRINIDAD ROMERt
lerk Supreme Court ....,. SUMMERS BURKHAR.
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U. g. surveyor General 49,. EDWARD +. HOBART
e. S. Land Register. ......... A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys ...WM. NJ. BERGEf
y. s. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant ............. LIEUT.. 5. !. SEYBrRE
Disbursing q. NJ Capt. J. W. summerhayes,
q. s. Int. Rev. Collector .......J. P McGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t 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 dourlshing 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 trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
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 be enjoyed. 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,
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,919; Socorro, 4,655 Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $780, The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876, :
ISL; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 1876; which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
I'm States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
'69 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
niles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
angeles, 1892 miles: from San Fran
isco, |, 2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
eve of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north -
m end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wb IRE the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is IL, O45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) III; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0
ieneguila west, 6,025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
ena Blanca), 1928; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S Old Placers,
sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
,5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of -
lore or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
azs, has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor anC
tptan general $50 far as the data at
Ind rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
iumphant marches over this beautiful r.,
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel. in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo q,
volution of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the
BAR 17l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
nited States is located near San Miguel ~.
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish D'
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad -
lilly crumbling and instead a grand mod
n stone structure is building. The old
thedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized -
I'd used as strategic military point by
q Pueblo Indians when they revolted
,ainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
q enemy after besieging the city for
ne days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
:oned by three companiesof the 10th
S. infantry, under command of Cap
ms Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
logan, and here at a. m. daily occurs =.
ard mounting, feature of military
aneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
g: The Historical Society's rooms; the
iarita, the military quarter; chapel and a
metery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the d
urch museum at the new cathedral, the 81
gardens; church of our Our 7,
Idy OF Guadalupe with its rare old works n
art; the soldiers monument, monu- r
ent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit -
rson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
exico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
lustrial school; the Indian training
nool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
hicle and enjoy days outing with
tn pleasure and profit. The various
DTS OF interest to be visited are Tesuque
eblo, aking in the divide en- route;
onumcnt rock, up in picturesque Santa
canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Imbe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the S
.quoise mines; place OF the assassina- S
n of Governor Perez; San Ildefonso 8
eblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- =
nd the Rio Grande. u
THE CITY OF SANTA FE