Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-31
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

y. s. ARMY.
Commander OF Fl. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDEi
| Adjutant ............., LIEUT.. .. !. oEi 81 M
Discussing @. NJ ... Capt. J. W. Summerhayes
q, 8. 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. archeplscopa]
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 Lad been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town OF Santa re 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 it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
o uro .0H dxt,noss and nuritv IesneciaIlv
odnrtod - 20 narmanent cure of mi.
" 'on9or,, comnlaints as hundreds wifi he
t;tnoss \ and NV travelling from point tn
ooint 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, 1850; Glorieta,
t 'loo' - Ao1 PayroliIlo < 701. Aim
o, 80, as. Socorro. 4 65b. Tas
Grl,nds AZ. Silver Citv. < 946. r.
$780, $780, ono The mean temnnretnre
~ t', .ha ,oTnrnn,ent atotion ot Santa Fe
a. ttlu o Co.'S named was % follows 1874
40 Loi q ,n Icgr els Ig75 4S6 degrees. 1915
40 81 . u Is71 AZ :. 1873, 47,6, 1870 506.
1 fo; Az 49, 8. which sboWs an extraordinarv
no n;for ro;t For tnhercnlar diseases the
1 a.,, , rafo in Now Mexico ia the lowest in
dc ,,n;on the ratio being as follows
Now Me- EnSIand, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern STATES, o. anu Nc" MANU. D.
DISTANCES
Santa Fe ia distant from Kansas City
8G9 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles from Albu-
nueroue. as miles; from Deming, 316
miles: from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco. l.2Sl miles.
.o,.s
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the
grand plaza ia, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
- .66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
its sollrce), is II ,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuoue road) III; Aqua Fria, 6,4SO;
(west), 6.O25; La Bajada,
: ,5l4: mouth of Santa fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca). 1928; Sandia mountains
(highest point, lO,6O8; Old Placers,
q SI1 . Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
s ,584 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
r,. 49,. uo,,,o foxtv vo~io,s noints of
There are some lorty Various p9in nho' ~
more or less iilSVoiic lh'eio'' - anu '''o''
the ahciehL Guy ~ ,.,,as ~, tbo snot
Inc ADOBE paiace st"iius w L .,J , spo'
where the olu opallisi. P"l" M - nav a G
erected shortly aiter iGoo. ,aon a' ond ' tho
structure was DESTROYER ~ aooI h hnt ,no
present one was CONSTRUCTED oe'"e'n
1917 and lI6' ,..,.,
The chapel OF San Migue e. "a ",t ou',. oe
tween 1886 ana looo. In ti1e iatter years
the Indians destroyed ~. ru'iy s. ios1 Loo
IN I'LL, 1t had previously, anu aiief G 100,
been the only spanish chap oe oh IN oan ~;
te. 1t sui remains 'he oioeS' 'A'o''n Al
use IN New Mexico. ,,.o; :,
The walls OF the ola ca.i!eaial ua.o a,
part from l6Zz; put the euiiice proper Is
from the PAST Century, s.a. xoooon,zed
Old Fort Marcy was nist ieeoS nlA S,'
and used as strateglc militaly point ny
the Pueblo lndlans wne na tliey Ievoi LUCY
against Spanish RUE IN looo anu ul at'e 4 "a.
the enemy alter ait oesleglne Clle ci.y d ior
nine days. Inc amerlcan army unoei
Kearney constructed old Fort MARCY LII
1916. ,. H.,
Fort Marcy OF the present Gay s gar
risoned BY two companies Oh tlle IVCl'
U. S. infantry, under command OF Ool'
Snyder, and mere at a. Ia. uaily GGtuls
maneuverinp ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF Sne;at W r .ne ths
are: Inc i1lsloIioal oooaotS sx. , ohnnol on ND
"Gaflta, inc hlllicaly qua. nc. 10, p .m tho
cemetery OF Our Icy ny u mow VIC ootheSrsl the
chur cilh mul,e nordsns. church Of orr orr