Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-07
SAINT FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
SeerSVisitiug the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,

; CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXIO'
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,
TERRITORIAL
Delegate III Congress .-..... ANTHONY JOSEF
Governor ,....,,,L. BRADFORD PRIMO
Secretary 1900 ,...,,. ~ B. NJ. THOMA
solicitor General, howard L. BARTLEI
Auditor ..... ........ TRINIDAD ALARI
Treasurer . -. ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAzA
sec'y Bureau of immigration ... MAX FRos
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BRIE
Associate Justice LIST district W. II. WHITEMA!
Associate Justice I'd district. .,........ W. d. LIE
Associate Justice 81 district ....... J. K. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district. JAS. o BRIEF
l.. s. District Attorney. o.: T. a. FISK
U. s. Marshal. ..... TRINIDAD ROMERO
Jerk Supreme Court ....SUMMERs BURKHAR'
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. 8. surveyor General. EDWARD F. HOBART
U. S. Land Register. ........ "A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. NJ BERGEr
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fit. Marcy, Col SIMON SNYDER
Adiutant ............. LIEUT. 5. SEYBu RN
bsbuTsns q NJ Capt. ". s Sun Hnyeh
g. 8. Int Rev. Collector .........J. P. McGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital OF New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
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
The Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe a fourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of its first European settlement was
lost, with most of the early records of the
terri tory, by the destruction of all the
archives in 1880; but the earliest men
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 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 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, ABS; Socorro, 1850 Las
Cruces, 3,S44; 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,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
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, rs; Minnesota, Al South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
500 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
querque, So miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
cisco, l,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
u, 66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
The right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
ts source), is l2,045 feet high the divide =
Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
Jieneguilla west, 6,025; La Bajada,
& c. nh (rn If -
Pena Blanca) 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
1901 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, north side of the
,laza. has been occupied as an executive =
mansion since 1880, the first governor anC
,aptain general $50 far as the data at
land rev.als) 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 -
9th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques dc la Penuela, in the
,ear l71O.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel L
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest. -
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
tally crumbling and instead a grand mod
I'm stone structure is building. The old
was erected in 1861. 80
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
lgainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out -
he enemy after beseging the city for
[earney constructed old Fort Marcy in -
S46.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ID gar.
isoned by three companies OF the 10th
J. s. infantry, under command of Cap
aims Gregory Barrel, j. F. Stretch and .
)uggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, feature OF military
ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points of Interest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms; the
Garita, the military quarter; chapel and
of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
rchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
t art the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
larson, erected by the G. A. X. of New
lexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel s
+ Our Lady of Light.
The sigit-seer here may also take
ehicle and enjoy days outing with ,
10Th pleasure and profit. The various |