Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-11-17
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL
U. s. ARMY.

Us. ARMY.
Commander at Ft. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant ............. LIEUT.. S. Y SEYBURN
OuarteTmaster ,.............. LIEUT.. PLUMMER
Dsbursing @. NJ .... Capt. J. W. Summerhayes
U. 8. Int Rev. Collector. ...........L. A. HUGHES
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.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10th century. Its
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
ed in 1905, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. In 1904 came the
first yenturesome 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 the 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,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452 !;
Cimarron, 6 ,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 48,6 degrees; 1875,
4S.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1866; which shows an extraordIntarrH H
I-uI UuUerUuar diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest In
the union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25 Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
s lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles !;
ID lrsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
# tie, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
" = & from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
l. es, 1882 miles; from San Fran
,231 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
md plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
eyel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
L, 661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (whare the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is - ,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuoue road I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,4oO !;
Cieneguilla (west), COPS; La Bajada,
5,514; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,GOS; Old Placers,
6.S01; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest IN ana apout
the ancient city:
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and 1716.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1880. In the latter years
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
in I'LL, it had previously, and after 1913,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. II still remains the oldest church III
use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the editice proper ls
from the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military polnt, by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove ou'
the enemy after besieging the city tol
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy II
1846.
Fort Marcy OF the present day is gar
risoned by two companies OF the lOtE
IT. 8. infantry, under command OF Col
SNYDER, and here at a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuyering ever of interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tours
are: The Historical Society's rooms; tht
"Garita," the military quarter chapel anc
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; tht
church museum at the new cathedral, the
srchbishops gardens; church OF our Oul
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, XII
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chape
of Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy q days outing witt
both pleasure and profit. The variou
spots Of interest to be visited are TesuGu'
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque SAINT
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; tn
TURQUOISE mines; place of the assasslna
don of Governor Perez; San !ldefons
pueblo, or the ancient Cliff jewellers, be
yond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
ia making a steady modern growth; ha
now population Of 5000, and has ever
assurance of becoming a beautiful moderl
city. Her people are liberal and enter
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