Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-14
SANTA FE.
a Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
SoerSVisitiDg the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OPTICAL DIRECTORY.
OFFICIAL. ECTORY.

Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
AdiutsHt General. 5. FLETcHE
SeC'y Bureau of immigration .... MAY ! RIOS
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. -. JAS. O'BRIE!
Associate Justice LIST district W. II. WHlTEMA An
Associate Justice I'd district. ...... W. d. LEI
Associate Justice Sd district. ........ j. r. MCFH
Presiding Justice 4th district. .....JAs. O'BRIEN
u. s. District Attorney. .. ..... +. A. FISK
Y. S. Marshal. ......... TRINIDAD ROMERO
Jerk Supreme Court ....SuMMERs BURBHAR7
LAND DEP ARTMENT.
q. s. Surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HOBART
Z. ). Land kegster.......... A. H. MORRISON
U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy. Col SIMON SNYDER
Adintant ....,.....,. LIEUT. 5. Y. SEyBCRN
Quartermaster LIEUT.. PLUMMER
Disbursing q NJ 1870. Capt, j. W Summerhayes,
Z. 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, arChepiscopal
see, and all0 the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio tirande in 1888 he found Santa
Ee etfiourlshing 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 il then 70 have been the
capital and the center Of commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesOme American trader
the forerunDer 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
sues 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,
MA; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
quer4ue, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1868; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; #.
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,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1873, AIS. 1879, 5O.6;
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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1863 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,O32 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,291 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel OF the sea- Bald mountain, toward -
yhe northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
L, 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
is source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road III; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
1ieneglilla (west> 6,025; La Bajada,
,,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
1901; Los Cerrillos mountains (sonth), -
1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest i'll and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the .
lazs, has been occupied as al executive
lansion since 1850, the first governor anC
aptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev9als) being Juan de Otermin
Tie Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made +,
.iumphant marches over this beautiful
ass, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel in the u,
9Th century destroyed during the Pueblo ~
of $780, rebuilt by order Of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the
ear 1910. Z
The oldest dwelling house in the -.
Tnited States is located near San Miguel ~
hurCh. 1t was built before the Spanish
inquest. -
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad.
ally crumbling and instead a grand mod
m stone structure is building The old
ithedral was erected in 1851. -
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
le Pueblo Indians when they revolted
sainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out --
le enemy after besieging the city for
me days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in -
s46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
.npa1 h7J tbrla pf tho 1DtH
s. infantry, under command of Cap
ms Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and -
llggan, and here at'9 a. m. daily occurs
lard mounting, feature of military
answering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
e. The Historical Societys rooms the
1arita, )" the military quarter chapel and
metery of Our Lady of the Rosary the
gardens; church of our Our
Idy of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu-
emit to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
rson, erected by the q. A. R. of New
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans =
lustrial school; the Indian training =
nool; Loreto Academy and the chapel Sis
Our Lady of Light. g
The sight-seer here may also take a
hicle and enjoy days outing with -,
tn pleasure and profit The various N
Dts OF interest to be visited are resuque ,W
eblo, aking in the divide en- route lii
,nument rock, up in picturesque Santa 1T
canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
mbe pueblo; Aqua Fria village the Ser
quoise mines place Of the assassina-
n of Governor Perez San Ildefonso 49,,
eblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
nd the Rio Grande. sus
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