Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-24
SANTA FE:.
A Few Paots for the General lDforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO

Governor II. bhs DFohh NJ ~
secretary D. NJ. INV u
Collector GENERAL. ... ..EDwAhn L. BATTLE
| Auditor -lhlHibAh AhA "
| Trpasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZ
| .dintant tieuersi + ". WYNKo
5ec'y Bureau OF immigration ,.'. MAJ nv
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court n. " Lof
Associate Justice list district W. h. WHiTEM
Associate Justice I'd district. &C., " y ~
| Associate Justice Sd district J. X MCfI
Presiding Justice 4th district ,..,. h, V. Lon
U. ) District Attorney. +. A. FISK
T. s Marshal TRINIDAD R0MEP
CIerk supreme Court SUMNERs BURkHAH
LANE DEPARTMENT.
e. s. Surveyor General, -. EDWARD F. HoBAr
| u s. Land Regis .... 900 A. l.. MORRiSo
Receiver Public Moneys. ...,....W WIN. NJ. BERGE
Commander at Fl, Marcy, Col, HENRY DOUGLAS
| Ahjutant ............. LIEUT. ). l. SEfBt r
| Uunrtermaster ..,.... LIEUT. PLUME
Disbursing q. N -. Capt j. W. summerhaye
| U. y. Int. Rev. Collector, ..... up. McGRoRT
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city OF the Holy Faith o
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archeplscOpa
see, and also the military headquarters
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. Whe1
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley O
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found SAINTS
Fe hourshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of it's 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 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 .ne permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
witness and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
IVA, TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
1uerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500 The mean temperature
1t the government station at Santa Fe,
or the years named was rs follows; 1874,
1873 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
IS.1: 1877, 4S.3; 1873. AIS. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.G; which shows al extraordinary
For tuberClllar diseases the
ieath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows |
New England, %; Minnesota, IA; South
I'm States, 81 and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City |
49, miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, ZIG miles; from Albu-
uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles; from FL Paso, 340 miles; from Los
ANGELES, l,032 miles: from San Fran
isco, | ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 7,0lY.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
IN end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
IS source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
resuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
west, 6,025; La Bajada,
OLA mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
ena Blanca, $40 Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,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
le ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
Iazs, has been occupied as an executive
lansion since 1880, the first governor an0 {
,ptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev ,als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the s
jth century destroyed during the Pueblo
Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de Ia Penuela, in the
EAR l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the !
nited States is located near San Miguel
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish :
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lily crumbling and instead grand mod.
n stone structure is building. The old 1
Ithedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
I'd used as strategic military point by
70 Pueblo Indians when they revotod
,ainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
70 enemy after besieging the city for
ne days. The American army under 4
constructed old Fort Marcy in
As. 8
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
,oned by three companies OF the 10th
. S. infantry, under command of Cap
ms Gregory Barrett, j. f. Stretch and
lggan, and here at 8 a. IN. daily occurs I
ard mounting, feature OF military
aneuverlng ever Of interest to the tourist, s
Other points OF irterest to the tourist
e: The Historical Society's rooms; the
iarita," the military quarter; chapel and
metely of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the A
urcb museum at the new cathedral, the l.
gardens; church OF our Our -
ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works >
art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G.. A. r. of New
exico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted 4
Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
dustrial school; the Indian training S
hool Loreto Academy and the chapel
Our Lady OF Light. I
The sigllt-seer here may also take a
hicle and enjoy days outing with A
,th pleasure and profit. The various L
OTIS of interest to be visited are Tesuque
leblo, aking in the divide en- route 81
onum. Mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
, canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
- n,,ol,lo. Am,o Eria VILLAGE tho