Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-12
SANTA re-.
4 Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.

y o. 8. Int. Rev Collector l.. A. HUaHl
d
JUDICIARY.
?. Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BRIE
Associate Justice LIST district ......E. P. SEE
is Associate Justice I'd district ....... w. d. LIZ
Associate Justice Sd district. ........J. r. MCFI
;. Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. O'BRIE
Associate Jus ic,- 5th district. "A. A. Freema
Il y. :. District Attorney. K. A. FISK
b U. 8. Marshal 49,. ..... TRINIDAD RoMER
LAND DEPARTMENT.
= Q. s. Surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HoBAR
g. pss D. Lang p Kegis M: q L. 4q p
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col SIMON sNYDEl
Adlutant ............. LIEUT.. =. \ SEYBURl
Quartermaster. ................ LIEUT. PLUMMEl
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-p'ho-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 -
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 Dew Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne 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, 7, 455; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,918; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,844; 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,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees 1876,
48.l; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 1876; which shows ssn extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows.
New England, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, = and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
lilies; from Denver, 33S miles
lrsinidad, ZIG miles; from Albu-
1ie ne, 90 miles; from Deming, 3l6
n IS from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
~ Hts, LOOP miles; from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
End plaza is, according to latest correct
4 measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL 1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to |
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road 7,17l; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,O25; La Bajada,
5 ,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,608 Old Placers,
1901; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
{, 1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
The adobe palace b lnds on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
the indians destroyed it. Fully restored
IN I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. 1t still remains the oldest church in
use in New Mexico.
The walls OF the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the edifce proper is
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
The Pueblo Indians when they revolteu
against Spanish rule in 1851 and drove out
he enemy after besleglng the city for
llne days. The American army under
Aearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
'isoned by two companies OF the 10TH
U. 5. infantry, under command Of Col.
snyder, and here at 3 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, a feature of military
nj nm IlvarInu oUay of iDtapart RI tho fourier |
Other points OF interest to the tourist
re: The historical Societys rooms the
'Garita, the military quarter; chapel and
OF Our Lady OF the Rosary the
'hurch museum ut the new cathedral, the
Irchblshop's gardens; church of our Our
lady OF Guadalupe with its rare old works
II art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
larson, erected by the Il. A. K. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
school; the Indian training
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
II Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
'ehicle and enjoy days outing with
10th pleasure and profit. The various
pots Of interest to BIO visited are Tesuque
pueblo, sking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
70 canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
MINES; place of the assassina-
ION OF Governor Perez; San udetonsu
pueblo, or the ancient clitt jewellers, bs-
'ond the Rio Grande.
Thk CITY OF SANTA FR