Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-17
Santa re.
A Few Facts for the General 1nforma-
ton Of Tsurists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

See'y Bureau OF immigration 900. MAX Eros
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. .... JAS. O'BRIEr
Associate Justice list district W. Ii. WHITEMAN
Associate Justice I'd district. ........ W. D. LEI
Associate Justice 50 district. ,...... J. K. MCFE
Presiding Justice 4th district .....JAs. O'BRIEN
O. $. District Attorney. ...... ..... Z. A. FIsKF
U. S. Marshal. ............... TRINIDAD ROMERO
lerk Supreme Court 100. SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPA RTMENT.
T. s. Surveyor General -. EDWARD z. HOBART
y. S. Land Register. A. l., MORRISON
| Receiver Public Moneys. VIM. M. BERG Err
u. 8. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy. :. Col SIMON SNYDER
Adiutant LIEUT. y: y Sc sEYBunN
6sbn i ' O. NJ Capt. j. ". summerhayes
U. 8. Int. Rev. Collector .........J.P MCGRoRTY
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 Baca penetrated the valley of
tho Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe h0urlshing 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 1894 came
the first ventnesome 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 OH
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne 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, 1856; Glorieta,
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
4916; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
$500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases, the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
;he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, rs; Minnesota, a. South
,rn States, 8 and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
I69 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles from Albu- To-
luerque, S5 miles; from Deming, 316
niles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
isco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north =
m end Of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is II, 045 Sect high the divide
Tesuque road I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
,ieneguilla (westN, 6025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
ena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains -
highest point, 10,609; Old Placers,
sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1874 feet in height. -
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points Of
lore or less historic interest in and about
le ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
laza, has been occupied as an executive
lansion since 1880, the first governor anc
aptain general $50 far as the data at II,
and rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
iumphant marches over this beautiful q
lsis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
5th century destroyed during the Pueblo
of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the u
ear ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
nited States is located near San Miguel -
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ally crumbling and instead grand mod -
n stone structure is building. The old
lthedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
I'd used as strategic military point by 49,
le Pueblo Indians when they revolted
,ainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
le enemy after besieging the city for -
ne days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
I46.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
soned by three companies of the 10th
S. infantry, under command of Cap -
ms Gregory Barrel, j. F. Stretch and
uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
lard mounting, feature OF military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
O.: The Historical Society's rooms; the
1arita, the military quarter; chapel and
metery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
urch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church Of our Our
ldy of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art the soldiers monument, monu-
ent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. r. Of New
exico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted !
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans s
dustrial school; the Indian training S
hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel -
Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a -
hicle and enjoy a days outing with n
tn pleasure and profit. The various III
OTIS Of interest to be visited are Tesuque II
eblo, aking in the divide en- route IL
onumtnt rock, up in picturesque Santa l.
canon; the Aztec mineral springs; y,
.mbe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the wv
rquoise mines; place of the assassina-
m of Governor Perez; San lldefonso nj
eblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- =.
nd the Rio Grande. RI
THE CITY OF SANTA FE bo'