Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-28
SANTA Re.
CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

DAPII A Il UlI1 w NE MhA1Ol
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,
TERRITORIAL
Delegatt III Congress .... ANTHONY josgrl
Governor -...- l.. RRADFoBD PRIMO
| secretary ..... b. NJ. THOMA
solicitor General ...,, EDWARD L. BARTLEl
| Auditor ... ....... . TRINIDAD ALARtI
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAZAI
! AdjutaHt General ...............W. 5. FLETCHEE
7ec'y Bureau Of immigration ..... MAX FRos1
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court. O.. JAS. O'BRIEN
Associate Justice ist district W. II. WHlTEMA y
AssociaTe Justice I'd district -. w. D. LEE
Associate Justice 30 district ,... J. K. McFiH
Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. OBRIEN
| T.. 5. District Attorney :. o.. L. A. FIsKE
L. ). Marshal .-.. TRINIDAD ROMERO
| Jerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
u. s. surveyor General .. EDWARD F. HoBARr
Receiver Public Moneys. INN. NJ. BERGER
U. S. ARMY.
| Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON SNYDER
| Adjutant ............. LIEUT.. ). \. SEYBuRN
| luarterm aster ....- ....... I.IECT PLUMMER
U. S. Int. Rev. Collector p. McGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
| St. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico,
trade center, sanitary. archepscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cahnza de Raca penetrated the valley of |
the Rio t,rande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe lourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory oi its first European settlement was
lost, with most of the early records of the
territory, by the destruction of all the
archives in $780, but the earliest mem
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 the permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
yitness,) 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
rs follows Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 =
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
luerque, 1913; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, $685. Fl.
stanton, $500. The mean temperature
1t the government station at Santa Fe,
or the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
ISL; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, $685.
$50, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
Uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
teath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being AS follows
Jew England, 25; Minnesota, IA South
I'm States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
49, miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6 -
niles from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
isco, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in lhel
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
ne northeast and at the extreme north
IN end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
s so,lrce), is II, 045 feet high the divide
resuque road) III; Aqua Fria, $3.50; -
ieneguila west, 6,025; La Bajada,
5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
ena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains -
highest point, lO,6OS; Old Placers,
sol Los Cerrillos mountains South,
5S4 feet in height. -
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
ore or less historic interest in and about ~
le ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
aza. has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor ant -
lptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
iumphant marches over this beautiful
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. 10
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
It'll century destroyed during the Pueblo
volution of 1880; rebuilt by order of Or
The Marques de la Penuela," in the
ar ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
nited States is located near San Miguel
urch. 1t was built before the Spanish Du
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad -
lily crumbling and instead grand mod
n stone structure is building. The old
thedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized --
d used as strategic military point by
Q Pueblo Indians when they revolted
ainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
g enemy after besieging the city for 60
ne days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
46. ~-
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
oned by three companies of the 10th
s. infantry, under command of Cap
MS Gregory Barrel, J. F. Stretch and
lggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs -
ard mounting, feature OF military
,neuvering ever Of interest to the tourist. l..
Other points of interest to the tourist ;3a
,: The Historical Society's rooms; the u
iarita, the military quarter; chapel and al
netery of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the ~
urch museum at the new cathedral, the "
;hbishop's gardens; church of our Our S Strs
dy of Guadalupe with its rare old works n ,b.'
art; the soldiers monument, monu- vou
mt to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit ''.
rson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
,xico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
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