Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-27

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. Associate Justice LIST district. &. P. SEED
Associate Justice I'd district W. ID. LEI
Associate Justice Sd district. J. r. McFII
Presiding Justice 4th district Jas O'BRIEi
Associate Juslic. 9Th district. "A. A. Freeman
U. s. District Attorney. .... Il. A FISK
q. s. Marshal. ..... TRINIDAD ROMERO
Jerk Supreme Court. SUMMERS BURKHAR1
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Q. s. Surveyor General. 80. EDWARD F. HOBART
U. 3. Land Register. "A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys WIN. M. BEReEF
US ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Ad1utant. .............. LIEUT.. b. I SEYBCRN
Quartermaster. ................ LIEUT.. PLUMMER
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. srchepiscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10Th century. Its
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
ed in l605, 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
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to the 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, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
quefque, 4,918; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 1874; 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,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1875,
1880, 1876; which shows In 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, 8; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
ANITA Fe is distant from Kansas City
. Lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
ii 1rsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
&C ue, IS miles; from Deming, 316
u I, g from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
A., eies, l,032 miles; from San Fran
= 1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
b base of the monument in The
.nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
IL, 1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
,he right (wh sre the Santa Fe creek has
ts source, is 2,O45 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,6O8; Old Placers,
!, sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 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 stands on the spot ,
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was constructed between
.697 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
ween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored .
N I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893, ,,
)een the only Spanish chapel IN Santa
Use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
,art from 1922; but the edifce proper is
rom the past century.
Ola Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used az strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against spanish rule in 1851 and drove out
he enemy after besieglng the city tor
line days. The American army under :
Aearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
L846.
Fort Marcy of the present day Ii gar
isoned by two companies OF the 10th
U. s. infantry, under command OF Col.
snyder, and here at o. m. daily occurs
yuard mounting, feature of military
naneuverlng ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points Of interest to the tourist .
ire. The historical Society's rooms; the
'Garlta, the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery OF Our Lady Of the Rosary the
;hurch museum at the new cathedral, the .
gardens; church Of our Our
Lady OF Guadalupe with it's rare old works
If art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Path-F Finder, Kit
Carson, erected by the u. A. X. of New
1T. Vincent hospital, conducted
by sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans'
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
Of Our Lady Of Light.
The slght-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The VARIOUS
spots Of interest to be- visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up IN picturesque Santa
Nc .apon. tho Aztec ulin0rai SDrlnrs