Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-30
SANTA FE.
l. Pew Facts for the General Iniorma"
ton OF Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.
delegate iii Congress ........A ANTHONY JOSEF
Governor D.. ,-,.,.. l.. BRADFORD fRINt
secretary .. .. .... b. NJ IHOMl
solicitor General. =, EDWARD l.. BARTLEI
Auditor ...... .,TRINIDAD Atari
! Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
tdjutaut General E. W. WYNKoC
JUDICIARY.
Associate justice list district, W. H. WnlrEMA
Associate Justice ID district. '..."; ". D: LIZ
Associate Justice 81 district ........J. R. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district ........E V. Lon
q. 5. District Attorney. $1,000. e. A. FISK
.. 5. Marshal - ..., TRINID, ID knMER
Jerk supreme Court ..... SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Us surveyor General, EDWARD F. HoBAR
O. s. Land Register. ..-. 4. l.. MonRIso!
Receiver Public Moneys. ....WM. NJ. BERGE
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fit Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLAS
I Adutant ...,........ LIEUT.. 5. \. SEYBU RI
4 6sbnrsin@ o Capt. j. W summerhaye e
5ecy bureau Of Immigration ...., MAX Eros
q. 5. Int Rev. Collector ..... .J.P. MCGRoRT,
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
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe iourlshng Pueblo village. The his
tory Of its first European settlement was
J lost, with most OF the early records of the
| territory, by the destruction of all the
archives III 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 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the forelunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to Tie 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, 49lS; Socorro, 1865; 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; 1876,
al
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, IA; South
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1863 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
1uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,032 miles, from San Fran
.isco, l,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
q, 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wf ire the Santa Fe creek has
is source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) IN; Aqua Fra, $3.50;
Jieneguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca) 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point) l0,60S Old Placers,
1901 Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1874 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 and
aptain general $50 far as the data at
land reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. v
Church of San Miguel in the I
9TH century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1850; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the !
ear l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the Il
United States is located near San Miguel :
hurch 1t was built before the Spanish
onquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad =,
ally crumblng and instead grand mod {
RI stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1861. Z
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized c
nd used as strategic military point by Q
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
gainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out s
he enemy after besieging the city for c
inc days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
SAG.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar c
soned ~ three companies OF the 10th I
7. S. infantry, under command OF Cap /
,ins Gregory Barret, j. F. Stretch and |
'uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs l
lard mounting, feature of military y
ever of interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tourist :.
re-: The Historical Societys rooms the :
Garita," the military quarter chapel and |.
emetery OF Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our
ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu- r
lent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit, :
arson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
[exico St. Vincent hospital, conducted
Y Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
ldustrial school; the Indian training Z
Al 4.