Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-01
SANTA FE.
Pew Facts for the General lnforfna
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXIC''
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXIci
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL
Deliberate la Congress ........AH ANTHONY JVslr
Governor L. BRADFORD PRtHt
~rrrptury B. Nj. Tue"
solicitor General. so. ..EDwARn l.. BARTI j
Auditor .-.... .lRlNlDAD ALAH4
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZ .
Adjutant General. ........... L. W, WINK"
JUDICIARY.
assoc 1"sSci Is'jI nsfea st district W. H. WrEM
Associa,e Justice "a district, ...., " p Gc r.
Presiding Justice ith district. + V. l.oH
u. ;. District Attorney .....-. ..... +. A. FISK
e. s. Marshal ... ..... TRINIDAD RdMEt'
CLERK supreme Court .... SUMMERS BURKHAE
LAND DEPARTMENT.
t. 5. Land Register... 4. H. MoRRIsos
Receiver Public Moneys. ....WM. NJ. BERGER
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy Coz. Hurry DOUGLASS
! Adintant ............. LIEUT.. >. SEfBt RN
llartermNSter. .-.-... 49,. LIEUT.. PLuMMEk
Sec y burcau OF immigration ..-.. Max fEoS
q. s. Int. Rev. Collector ..... up MCGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. arclepiScopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
I 1t 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 tlourshing 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 1850; 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 .he permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
Hitness,) 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, 1865; Glorieta,
5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, $3.50, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1853; Las
Cruces, 1914; 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; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6 which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
;he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, % Minnesota IA South
ern States, i and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
,69 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles from Albu-
niles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
scO, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
RI end OF Che Santa Fe mountains,
2 ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wt IRE the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is Il ,O45 feet high the divide
resuque road LII Aqua Fria, $780,
'int In
old mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
'ena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains A
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
,S0l Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1874 feet in height. II
POINTS OF INTEREST. ~
There are some forty various points Of
lore or less historic interest in and about
le ancient city: W
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the II
laza, has been occupied as an executive
lansion since 1850, the first governor and +,
iptain general $50 far as the data at s.
and reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made nc
iumphant marches over this beautiful "a "a
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1888
Church of San Miguel in the N!
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo m
evolution of 1850; rebuilt by order of es
The Marques de Ia Penuela, in the or
ear ITO. wi
The oldest dwelling house in the ca
nited States is located near San Miguel or
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish 49,
inquest. su
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad G.,
lilly crlmbling and instead a grand mod. III
n stone structure is building. The old
lthedral was erected in 1851. es
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized r..
I'd used rs a strategic military point by ia ia
e Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd Du
,ainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out pa
e enemy after besieging the city for s gn
ne days. The American army under ",
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
AS. lar
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar s
soned b7 three companies OF the 10th Ii!
. S. infantry, under command of Cap =
ms Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
lggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs
ard mounting, feature of military n
aneuverlng ever of interest to the tourist i
Other points of if terest to the tourist
e: The Historical SOciety's rooms the
iarita, the military quarter chapel and
metery OF Our Lady OF the Rosary the z
urch museum at the new cathedral, the g
gardens; church of our Our 9
ldy of Guadalupe with its rare old works 2.
art; the soldiers monument, monu- =.
emit to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit (
lrson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
exico st. Vincent hospital, conducted
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans 3
iustrial school; the Indian training :
hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel ?.
Our Lady OF Light. 8
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