Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-05
SANTA Re.
A Few Facts for the General Informa :
ton Of TaQrists and Sight
Seer5A Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO

: CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEGlO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL
Delegate III Congress - ..,. ANTHONY JOSEF
Governor L. BRADFORD PRiNt
| Secretary ...... B. NJ. THOM1
Solicitor General. EDWARD l.. BARrl.EI
| Auditor ...... .... TRINIDAD ALARI
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALA2A
Adiutant General ...,. T. W. WySKOO
sec'y Bureau Of immigration NAN Eros
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court ... . E.V. Lon
Associate Justice lst district W. H. WHlTEM A,
Associate Justice ID district q. W. b. LEI
Associate Justice 81 district -.......J. K. MCFII
| Presiding Justice 4th district Z. Y. Lon,
U. :, District Attorney. 81. L. A. fisk
U. 5. Marshal -. TRINIDAD ROMEKl
CLERK supreme Court ..,..SUMMERS BuRKHAR7
LAND DEPARTMENT,
U.s. surveyor General, ,... EDWARD F. HON RI
U. s. Land RegistCr......... A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN NJ BERGER
| U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col HEsRY DOUGLASS
| Adiutant ?. .,......... LIEUT.. ). \ SEYBrRE
Discussing q. NJ Capt. j. W. summerhaye a.,
U. s. Int. Rev. Collector. .... Up. McGaoRrY
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 hourlshing 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 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 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 the permanent cure of pull
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
rs follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
IVA; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887, Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
4,9lS; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
1t the government station at Santa Fe, =
or the years named was as follows; 1874,
SO degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1875,
81; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, sos;
$50, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary =
Uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
cath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows:
lew England, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
m States, 8; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
81 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
ON Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
uerque, S5 miles; from Deming, 316
lilies; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
ngeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
SEQ, ,2Sl miles. (
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct s
| measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
n end of the Santa Fe mountains, T.
1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
e right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
source, is II, 045 feet high the divide
'esuque road 7,l7l; Aqua Frla, 6,4S0
eneguilla (west,, 6025; La Bajada,
5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
ena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains .
ighest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
Sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south), 80.
1S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
ore or less historic interest in and about
g ancient city: Z.
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
azs. has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1850, the first governor ano -.
plain general $50 far as the data at y
nd rev .als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made f.,
umphant marches over this beautiful w
sis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. A,
Church of San Miguel. -Erected in the Is
tn century destroyed during the Pueblo vi ".
,olution of 1880; rebuilt by order of .e
he Marques de la Penuela," in the
ar ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the -
lifted States is located near San Miguel
urch. 1t was built before the Spanish
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lly crumbling and instead grand mod
stone structure is building The old
hedral was erected in 1861.
Did Fort Marcy was first recognized
i used as strategic military point by
} Pueblo Indians when they revolted
inst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
, enemy after besieging the city for
10 days. The American army under
arney constructed old Fort Marcy in !
|6. s
Tort Marcy of the present day Is gar 8
,ned By three companies OF the 10th a
s. infantry, under command of Cap s
ns Gregory Barrett, J. F. Stretch and
ggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs N
.rd mounting, a feature OF military Nh
neuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
)ther points of interest to the tourist
/: The Historical Society's rooms; the l.
arita, the military quarter; chapel and
netery of Our Lady Of the Rosary the Ne
lrch museum at the new cathedral, the
hbishop's gardens; church Of our Our n.
ly of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art the soldiers monument, monu- sG
mt to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit LEI
son, erected by the G. A. R. of New
xico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted -
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans IS.
ustrial school; the Indian training &c
Doll Loreto Academy and the chapel y"
Dur Lady of Light.
he sight-seer here may also take a
licle and enjoy days outing with