Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-25
SANTA re.
A Few Facts FOR thu General lnforma
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
| OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL
Delegate III Congress AFrH"nT 1 ',,s,p.r
Governor IL hH@!rUED n -.
Solicitor Genaral EDWARD l.. RARTLELA
tuj5tor TRINIDAD ALAHlI
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ ! 3ALAzAh
tdintaut tIauerai i. W. WYNKooF
SeG'y Bureau OF immigration MAA Fhosi
JUDICIARY.
Associate justice LIST district W. Fl. WHiTEMAN
Associate Justice I'd district va, LEE
Associate Justice 30 district. 60. y. h; MCflE
Presiding Justice 18th district 4, Wong
T. : District Attorney. r. A. flskE
&. s. Marshal. ... TRINIDAD ltohEho
CLERK supreme Court Summers BuRKHAsr
LAM DEPARTMENT.
0. $, surveyor General. 80. EDWARD F. HOBART
T. 5 Land Register. .. \. !" MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ........ WIN. NJ. BERGER
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adiutaut ........... LIEUT.. 5. \. SEYBtaN
Dna,1Gs nl' q. Capt j. W summerhayes
e, S. Int. Rev. Collector ...... Up. McGEohTY
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 Bara penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa |
Fe tolrrshing 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 1880; 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
sllres dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
yitness,) 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,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
: .5S7: Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
1lieruue, 4,glo Socorro, 1868: Las
Cruces, 3,s44, Silver City. d,946; TT.
: 800. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was AZ follows; 1874,
$50 degrees; 1875, 1875 degrees; 1876,
1e.l: 1877, 4S.3; 1873. 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; 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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
arm states. 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
369 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
luerque, So miles; from Deinlng, 3l6
miles from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, .O32 miles: from San Fran
isco. PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in Vhe
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 ieet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
~ .66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
The right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
it's sonrce), is Il, 045 feet high !; the divide
CTesuoue road III; Aqua Frla, $3.50;
Ciepeyllilla (west', b,025; La Balada,
5.5l4 mouth OF Santa Fee creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225 Sandla mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
5 sol; Los Cerrillos mountains South,
) ,5S4 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, north side OF the
plazs. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ano
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev ,als) being Juan de Otermln
The Piaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other IN 1913.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
'"The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
Tie ancient cathedral's walls are grad
uallv crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. line olo
cathedral was erected In l7bl. /
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they reVoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
kearpey constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Ii gar
risoned By three companies OF the 10Th
U. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, J. F. Stretch and
Ducgan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military |
Of interest to the tourist |
Other points of interest to the tourist |
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita, " the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old work.
Of art: the soldiers monument, mOnu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the q. A. K. OF New
8. V;pnopt hoauitql conducted