Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-09
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
seer4Viaiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL

JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BRtI
Associate Justice LIST district. W. Il. WHITEMA
Associate Justice I'd district ......;.. ". D. Ii
Associate Justice Sd district ........ J. K. MCF
Presiding Justice 4th district ......JAs. O'BRIF
y R nstrlet Attorney rss;ni r. a ho sIsE
Jerk Supreme Court ......SUaMERs BuRKHAT
LAND DEPARTMENT.
T. 8. Surveyor General go. EDWARD F. HoBAF
| q. s. Land Register....,,.., A. l.. M0RRIso
| Receiver Public Moneys .......WM M. BERGE
u. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON sNYDE
Adlutant ............' LIEUT.. .. sEfBtR
Disbursing @. Capt j. W. Summerhayes
q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector ....,...J.P p. McGRoRT'
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith O
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 oil
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe hourshing 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 1885, 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 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 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, 7,455; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Afbu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1855; 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, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1876; 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, s; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1863 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles, from Albu-
So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in che
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l95 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL ,661 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
is source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,480;
(west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
1901; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 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
'lazs. has been occupied as an executive =
mansion since 1880, the first governor ant
aptain general $50 far as the data at
land rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
lie Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
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 de la Penuela, in the
ear l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Migue!
hurch. It was built before the Spanish
onquest. g
Tie ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ally crumbling and instead grand mod
IN stone structure is building. The old
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
inc days. The American army under
.earney constructed old Fort Marcy in
B46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
soned by three companies OF the 10th
7. s. infantry, under command OF Cap
Tins Gregory Barret, j. F. Stretch and .
uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
lard mounting, feature of military
laneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
70: The Historical Society's rooms; the
Garita, the military quarter chapel and
,metery OF Our Lady of the Rosary; the
,urch museum at the new cathedral, the
chbishop's gardens; church of our Our
ady Of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
exico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
, Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
dustrial school; the Indian training !
hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel :
Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take !.
,hicle and enjoy days outing with P
,th pleasure and profit. The various |
ots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque /
,eblo, aking in the divide en- route; |
onumvnt rock, up in picturesque Santa |,
, canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
ambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the s
rquoise mines; place of the assassina-