Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-10-29
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,

e. 5. Land Register ........ A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. M. BERsE
s.. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. Col. SIMON sNYDEl
Adjutant LIEUT. D. SEiBt RI
3 5ishngsina Cant i W summerhsVes
U. 8. Int Rev. Collector. ..., Il, A. HUaHE
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. Lite
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 its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
| the continent. The high altitude in
slres dryness and purity Especially
adapted to toe 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,O47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1853; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; 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, 1915 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 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, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
Lies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
lrslnidad, ZIG miles; from Albu-
> G I've, % miles; from Deming, 3l6
q, 3 from Ell PasO, $40 miles; from Los
= tts, l,O32 miles; from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
ryel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
prn end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, o. oO
Cieneguilla (west>, 6,O25; La Bajada,
5,5l4 mouth OF Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
6,S0l; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 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 stands on the spot |
where the old Spanish palace had been ;
erected shortly after 1915. 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 year
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restore
in I'LL, 1t had previously, and after 1893
been the ony Spanish chapel in SaI TIA
Fe. 1t still remains the oldest church, in
use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral dat in
part from 1922 but the editice prop or is
from the past century.
OLD Fort Marcy was first recogn ICED
and used as strategic military pom by
the Pueblo Indians when they revl ,lted
against Spanish rule in l6oU and drove out
the enemy after besieglng the city for
nine days. The American army u lder
kearney constructed old Fort Marc y in
1916.
Fort Marcy OF the present day - gar
risoned by two companies OF the 10Th
U. y. infantry, under command OF Col.
Snyder, and here at ga. N. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
ever of interest to .he tourist.
other points OF ir:erestto the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; sl1e
'Garita," the military quarter chapel an.i
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum ut the new cathedral, the !
gardens; church of our Our !
Lady OF Guadalupe with its rare old works
Of art the soldiers monument, n.Onu- !
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the Il. A. K. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, con Quoted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may ALTO take
vehicle and enjoy days o'iting with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route
rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
mines; place of the assassina-
ion of Governor Perez; San ldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be-
vond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FK
Is making q steady modern growth; has
now q population Of 0,UOO, ami has every
assurance Of becoming beautiful modern
city. Her people are liberal and enter
prlsing, and stand ready to foster and EN-