Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-17
SANTA FE:.
o Few Facts for the General Inforna-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
SeerAVisiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court 80. JAS. 0'BRIE
Associate Justice isl district W. h. WHITEMA
Associate Justice I'd district. ..... O., w d. LIE
Associate Justice 81 district ........ J. r. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district. JAS, 0'BRrE
t.. >. District Attorney. .,,.. r. \. FISK
| r. : Marshal. -. TRINID d kOhRR
Jerk supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
T. S, Surveyor General 80. EDWARD F, HoBAR
| Z. S. Land Register .....,.... e.. A l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys OBJ. ....WM. N, BEgGEi
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. SIMON sNYDEI
hdjutant ............. LIEUT. ). \ .SESBrRn
Discussing q. NJ Capt. j. W. Sumnaerhayes
q. s. Int, Rev Collector ,......,...J.P McGRoRTY
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 Raca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe tlourlshing 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 1850; 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 iorerunner 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 drypess and purity especially
adapted to tne 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,
,5S7 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP
Cmarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, ABB; 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 rs follows; 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.1: 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 50.6;
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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, &; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
369 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
,uerque, IS miles; from Deming, 316
niles, from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l032 miles; from San Fran
:isco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel Of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
I'm end of the Santa Fe mountains, =
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
is source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
JieDeguilla (west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S; Old Placers, =
sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
lore or less historic interest in and about
he ancie ut city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
laza, has been occupied as an executive
lansion since 1880, the first governor anc
aptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev,als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza--Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
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
Tnited States is located near San Miguel
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
)nquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad L
ally crumbling and instead grand mod
m stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
le Pueblo Indians when they revolted
sainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
le enemy after besieging the city for
inc days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
,46.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ls gar
soned By three companies Of the 10th
-. S. infantry, under command OF Cap -
ins Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
lard mounting, feature OF military
aneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist .
q: The Historical Society's rooms; the -
Garita," the military quarter chapel and
,metery Of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
lurch museum at the new cathedral, the
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 r.
exico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted U
Y Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
dustrial school; the Indian training q
hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel ="
Our Lady OF Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
,hicle and enjoy a days outing with d
9TH pleasure and profit. The various n
,ots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
1eblo, aking in the divide en- route
onumcnt rock, up in picturesque Santa
Q canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
ambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
rquoise mines; place of the assassina-
On of Governor Perez; San Ildefonso Z
1eblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- :