Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-01
SANTA re.
a Few Facts for the General IDforlna
ton o. Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL OITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL OITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,
TERRITORIAL
Delegate tn Congress- ..... ANTHONY losAf
Governor L. BRADFORD PRIMO
| Secretary y. NJ, THOdA
Solicitor General. EDWARD l.. BAeTLEl
| Auditor ...-. ....... TRINIDAD ALARI
| Treasurer Antonio ORTIZ SALAzA
AdjntaHt General h. W WfhKoO
Sec'y Bureau of immigration MAX EROS
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court egg. v. Lone
Associate Justice LIST district W, ii. WHlTE@ An
| Associate Justice I'd district. g.. W. ID. LEE
Associate Justice 30 district j, K. MCFIl
| Presiding Justice Attn district e Y. LONG
U. ). District Attorney, f. A. FIsKE
| U. 5. Marshal TRINIDAD ROMERO
Clerk supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT
.. s, Surveyor General. EDWARD F. HOBART
| u. s. Land Regist6r......... A. l.. MORRISON
| Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. NJ BERGER
U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col HENRY DOUGLASS
| AdjutAnt ............. LIEUT.. 5. ! SEYBCRN
(lusrtprmaster ,..... .....L LIEUT.. PLUMMER
Discussing q NJ ... Capt. J. W. summerhayes
o. 8, Int. Rev. Collector Up. 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 Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of it's 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 mem
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
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tie 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,
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S3, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
qnerque, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
$500. The mean temperature
ST. L. |
Tor the years named was as follows; 1874,
1919 degrees; 1875, 4s.6 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, AIS. 1879, sos;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
For tubercular diseases the
ieath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, 25 Minnesota, IA; South
,rn States, & {; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
69 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles; /.
rom Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
uerque, 50 miles; from Deming, 316
niles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
angeles, l,032 miles; from San Fran
isco, | ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The ,
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
d measurements, 1925 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north S
m end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 SOL feet above sea level Lake Peak to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
s source, is l2,045 feet high the divide :
Tesuque road III; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
'ieDeguilla west, 6,025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
ena Blanca, 5,225 Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
,SO1 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
le ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
lazs. has been occupied as an executive
lansion since 1880, the first governor ano
,ptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev ,als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made r
marches over this beautiful y
isis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church OF San Miguel.-Erected in the fir
jth century destroyed during the Pueblo
of 1880; rebuilt by order of r.
The Marques de la Penuela, in the o
sar l71O. cl
The oldest dwelling house in the 'e
nited States is located near San Miguel
lurch. 1t was built before the Spanish -
inquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lily crumbling and instead grand mod.
n stone structure is building. The old
thedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
I'd used as strategic military point by
e Puenlo Indians when they revoltod
,ainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
g enemy after besieging the city for
ne days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
AS.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar !
:oned By three companies of the 10th s
. S. infantry, under command of Cap i:
ms Gregory Barrett, j. f. Stretch and {
,r,,, and boro of q q M dailv orcura