Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-17

L. Solicitor General. EDWARD L. bartlett,
!. Auditor. ......,.........,....TR TRINIDAD ALARII
AdiutaHt General. ..... ... w 8: FLETCHER
|, secy Bureau Of Immigration. MAY FRos
! q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector. IL. A. HUGHES
d JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court. .... JAS. O'BRIEr
Associate Justice LIST district .... (. P. SEEDS
Associate Justice I'd district. W. ID. LEE
Associate Justice Sd district .... J. K. MCFIt
Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. O'BRIEN
Associate Jus ic'' 9th district. A. A. Freeman
! u ). District Attorney. f. A FlsKF
: | y. s. Marshal TRINIDAD ROMERO
Jerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAR7
LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. ). surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HOBART
U. S. Land Register. A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ........WM. NJ. BERGER
, q. s. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant LIEUT.. ). SKiBt RN
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.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10th century. Its
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
ed in 1905, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. In 1904 came the
first venturesome American trader -
the forerunner OF the great line of mer-
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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 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1887 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,918; 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,
1873 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878. 47.6. 1879, sos;
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, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, & and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
ALTA Fe is distant from Kansas City
Lies; from Denver, 1888 miles;
trslnidad, 2l6 miles, from Albu-
,ue rte, So miles, from Deming, 3l6
q: from FL Paso, 340 miles; from Los
eJes, lO32 miles; from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument III The
nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
pyel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
Il, 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
5,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,608; Old Placers,
6,YOl; 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
the ancient city: .............
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure WAS destroyed in 1880 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l7l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
tween 1886 and 1861. In the latter years
the Indians destroyed It, Fully restored
in III, IL had previously, and after 1913,
been the ony Spanish chapel N Santa
te. Ii still Remains the oldest church III
use III New Mexico.
The walls OF the old cathedral date in
part from 1922 but the ediice proper ID
from the past century.
Ola Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule In l6oU and drove out
the enemy after besieglng the city TOR
nine days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
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U, b, infantry, under command OF Col.
Snyder, and here at q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuverlng ever OF interest TO the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
are: The historical Soclety's rooms she
"earlta, the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery Of our Lady OF the Rosary the
church museum ut the new cathedral, the
archblshops gardens; church Of our our
Lady OF Guadalupe with Its rare old works
OF art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Path-tlnder, Ait
Carson, erected by the u. A. II. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by sisters OF Charity, anu tbs Orphans
industrial school, the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy AMI the chapel
OF Our Lady Of Light.
The slxht-seer here may also take y
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and pront. The various
spots OF interest to BIO visited are Tesuque
pueblo, axing In the DIVIDE, en- route;
Monument rock, up LII picturesque Santa
10 canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fra vilage the
mruuoise mlnes; place OF the assasslnar
tlon OF Governor Perez; San udetonsu
pueblo, or the ancient cit jewellers, be-
yond the Rio drande.
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