Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-21
SANTA FE,
Few Facts for The General Informa
ton o Tourists aDd Sight
Seara Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY or NEW MEXl0O.



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iju.ogAie III t;nugress AEfH"H> JOSE
Governor a. bh"pFuhn '!n
secretary d. NJ ih"M
solicitor General. ,FbWARo :" bAh'"f
Auditor TRINIDAD Atah
,r,agprcI ANTONIO DETH SALAZ.
Src'y Bureau Of Immigration NIX Fho
JUDICIARY
uhtef Justice supreme, conr! ~ II fa ". 10,
Associate Justice ID district W. l.!
Associate Justice I'd district J. K: MCfi
Presiding Justice lth district H. '. LoN
L. j. Distri t'torney. r. y. FISK
e. ; Marshal TRINIDAD ROMER
=. lprk supreme Court SUMMERS RrHKHAH
LAND DEPARTMENT.
{ s. surveyor General. .... EDWARD f. HoB't
- ! Land RegiStor... \. L. dHRNlsn
Receiver Public Moneys. .. WA VI BERGE
Us. ARMY.
commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. HLHRy DOUGLAS
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u. $. Int. Rev. Collector .... up. McGRoRT7
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
' Ii is the oldest seat OF civil and religious
, government Oh American soil. When
CHbeza de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
te tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory OI It's t,rSI European settlement was
lost, with most OF the early records Of the
territory. by the destruction of all the
arrnIves 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 1894 came
the first venturesome American trader
the tOrerunner 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
mouary complaints, ~ hundreds will be
yitness,) and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed The altitude OF some of
the principal points i'll the territory is
as follows Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla, |
7,774, fierra Amarillo, 1855; Gloreta, |
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vega, 6,452
(imarron, 6,489. Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
quorWe, 4.9ls; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500 The mean temperature
ut the government station at Santa Fe,
for the wears named was as follows; 1874,
4S.H degrees; 1879, 4S.b degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1871, 4S.3 1873. Al 4. 1879, o0.6;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubcrcular 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. + ; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIC miles from Albu-
Querque, 50 niles from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles from San Fran
cisco, Isl miles
ELEVATIONS,
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is. according to latest correct
ed measurements, 1898 feet above the
level OF the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northnaf and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road III; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0
Cieneguilla west 6,025 La Bajada,
5 ola; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca, 5,225 Saudia mountains ,
highest point, l0.60S; Old Placers, .
$500 Los Cerrillos mountains South,
5 1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city
The Adobe Palace. north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
since 1856, the first governor anc
"a tain general $50 far as the data at
hand re, ,als) being Juan de Otermin
The plaza--O Ornate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
OASIS, the one IN 1871, the other in 1888.
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1885, rebuilt by order OF
'The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year l7lU. 8
The oldest dwelling house in the u
United States is located near San Miguel A
:hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish I
conquest. q
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad A.
Tally crumbling and instead a grand mod
,rn stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected i'll 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revOlted
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line days The American army under
<earney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy of the present day is 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 8 a. M. daily occurs
uard mounting, feature OF military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF irterest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms the
Garita, ;" the military quarter chapel and T
enletery OF Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hllrch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our
.ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Path Finder, Kit
arson, erected by the &. A. R. of New
dexico St. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
school; the Indian training
chool Loreto Academy and the chapel
# Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
ehicle and enjoy days outing with
10Th pleasure and profit. The various ,
pots of interest to be visited are Tesuque ~
ueblo, aking in the divide ell route
lonumu Mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
1e canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Jambe pueblo; Aqua Fra village the
rninon nlu..a Of the asa.aaina.