Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-10
SANTA FE..
4 Few Facts for the General lnforna
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 ....... ANTHONY JOsh u
Governor ...-.... ID BRADFORD fkil' 3
| secretary ..... -..... D. NJ. mo" =
/ Auditor ....... TRINIDAD ALAh'"
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SAhA1 3.
! AdiutaHt General ....... ... l.. W, NfNRo'P
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice supreme Court, +. V. Los"
Associate Justice LIST district. W. II, WMITEM n
Assoc late Justice I'd district. .. N.D. LIS
! Associate Justice 30 district. .,...J. +. MCfii
! Presiding Justice ith district, + " i.o&H
| y. ). District Attorney. ...-..... Il. A. FISK
| E. s Msrslul .... TRINIDAD ROMERO
| I Jerk Supreme Court ....S SUMMERS BUEKitAET
/ LAND DEPARTMENT.
| u. s. Surveyor General 81. +. EDWARD f. HOBART
| q. s. Land Register .... !. J." MORRISON
| Receiver Public Moneys. ....WM. NJ. BEEGEt
U. s. ARMY.
Commander at Fit Marcy, Cor. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adutant ......,... LIEUT.. ). \. SEfHCGN
QuartermasteT-. 49,. LIEUT.. PhuMMEk
Discussing O. NJ Capt. j. W. Summcrhaycs,
Sec'y Bureau OF immigration ,... MAX Eros
q. s. Int Rev. Collector up. NcGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepScOpai
see, and also the military headquarters.
It is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe q tiourlshing 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 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 have 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 tie 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
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
I ,587; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
1uerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, Also; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; It.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
Tor the years named was as follows 1874,
1879 degrees; 1878, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest III
;he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
,rn States, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles from Albu-
,ueruue, So miles; from Deuing, 3l6
niles; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
ANGELES, 1892 miles: from San Fran
.isco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
,rand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
2,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wt ire the Santa Fe creek has
is source), is II, O45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, $3.50
Jiepeguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
'ena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
,laza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
aptain general $50 far as the data at
land reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution OF 1880; rebuilt by order of =
The MARQUES de la Penuela, in the
ear ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lally crumblng and instead a grand mod
ieh ,,i1I q nj
athedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
S46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
isoned by three companies OF the 10th -
J. S. infantry, under command of Cap
aims Gregory Barrel, J. +. Stretch and
)uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, feature of military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of If terest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita, " the military quarter; chapel and :;
cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
.rchbishop's gardens; church of our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
II art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted /
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training