Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-09-27
SANTA Re.
A Few Facts for the General Lnforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

U. S. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDEl
| Adjutant .............. LIEUT.. s. \ SEYBURi
Discussing Q. NJ .... Capt. J. W. summerhayes
U. 8. Int. Rev. Collector. ...........L. A. HrGHE
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith o.
St. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopaI
see, and also the military headquarters.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 18th 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-
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
srres 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4 Albu-
auerque, 4,91S; Socorro, 1865; 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; 1878, AIS. 1879, 500;
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, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
anita Fe is distant from Kansas City
lies; from Denver, 1888 miles
Irsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
,e, SIS miles; from Deming, 316
from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
Is, 1882 miles; from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument i'll The
Id plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
it's source, is II ,045 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road I'LL; Aqua Fra, 6,480;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada,
) ,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S Old Placers,
1901; Los Cerrillos mountains (sOuth,
5,5S4 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 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 17l6.
The chapel of San Miguel was built be-
,ween 1886 and $780, In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
n I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
oeen the only Spanish chapel in Santa
Fe. 1t still remains the oldest church i'll
Use in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the editice proper is
rom the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
lgainst Spanish rule in 1880 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 two companies OF the 10Th
J. s. infantry, under command OF Col.
snyder, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, feature OF military
naneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita," the military quarter chapel and
emetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
rchbishop's gardens; church OF our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
f art: the soldiers monument, monu-
oent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
larson, erected by the G.. A. R. of New
dexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
chool Loreto Academy and the chapel
# Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
,ehicle and enjoy a days outing with
10Th pleasure and profit. The various
pots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
,ueblo, aking in the divide en- route
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
70 canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Jambe pueblo; Aqua Fra village; the
turquoise mines; place OF the assasslna-
ion of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso
,ueblo. or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
,ond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY OF SANTA FE
s making steady modern growth; has
low a population Of 5000, and has every
assurance of becoming beautiful modern
ity. Her people are liberal and enter
,rising, and stand ready to foster and en-
courage any legitimate, undertaking hav-
NO for it's object the building up and i'm
,royement Of the place. Among the
present needs of Santa Fe, and for which ,
LIBERAL bonuses in cash or lands could I'M