Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-14
SANTA re.
A Few Facts for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seer&'Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Governor IL. bhADFOkD IElrl
secretary ..... b. N. IHOMA
Solicitor General. EDWARD L. BAErLEL
Auditor 900. ..... TRINIDAD ALARII
aFesssfsr ensr. oNTI4 Fs snEAzs
Sec'y Bureau of immigration ..... MAX FRos
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court JAS. O'BRIEr
Associate Justice lsL district. W. Ii. WHlrEMAN
Associate Justice I'd district, ......... ". D. LEE
Associate Justice I'd district So. ]. r. MCFIE
Presiding Justice 4th district. Jas. o'BRIEE
| 4. ,. DlstrlCJ Attorney. ..... h. A. FIsKE
| L. s. Marshal 80. .... TRiNID ,D ROMERO
lerk Supreme Court .... SUMMERS BURKHABT
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. s. Surveyor General. =. EDWARD f. HOBART
.. s. Land Register.......... 4. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......WM. NJ. BERGER
U. 5. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy. ;. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant ......'..,... LIEUT.. 5. \. sEYBrRs
Disgusting q N 1870. 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. archepiscopal |
see, and also the military headq quarters.
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 hourlshing 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 1880; 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
kIn E~ofxy tn A |
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 the permanent cure OF pull
monary complaints, as hundreds wilt be
Witness and by travelling from point to j
point almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. The altitude of some of
the principal points in the territory is q
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704 Albu-
luerque, ABS; Socorro, 1855; Las ID
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
stanton, $500. The mean temperature
It the government station at Santa Fe, -
or the years named was as follows; 1874,
$50 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
81; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
$50, 1876; which shows an extraordinary -
For tubercular diseases the
cath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows -
lew England, % Minnesota, IA; South
m States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles; -
ON Trsinidad, PIG miles, from Albu-
uerque, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
lies; from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
ngeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
SEQ, ], 281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The nj
and plaza is, according to latest correct vi
measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
vel of the sea Bald mountain, toward q,
e northeast and at the extreme north
n end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to q.
q right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has Dri
source, is 12,045 feet high the divide Foe
'esuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
eneglilla (west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
514 mouth of Santa Fe creek north Of
ma Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
ighest point, 1O,6OS; Old Placers,
Sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
'S4 feet in height. q
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
ore or less historic interest in and about
9 ancie 1T city:
The A lobe Palace, north side Of the
sza. has been occupied rs an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor anc
plain general $50 far as the data at
nd rev,als) being Juan de Otermin
fhe Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made CT
marches over this beautiful ~,
sis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. n
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the Tree
ii century destroyed during the Pueblo A..
'olution Of 1880; rebuilt by order of r.
he Marques de Ia Penuela, in the Orcl
lr ITO. chin
The Oldest dwelling house in the 'e ~,
ited States is located near San Miguel
rch. 1t was built before the Spanish -
lquest.
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ly crumbling and instead grand mod
stone structure is building. The old
hedral was erected in 1851.
I'D Fort Marcy was first recognized
used as strategic military point by
Puenlo Indians when they revolted
inst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
enemy after besieging the city for
Q days. The American army under
arney constructed old Fort Marcy in
6. II
'ort Marcy Of the present day Is gar 81
med by three companies of the 10th ~
S. infantry, under command of Cap 81
Is Gregory Barrett, J. F. Stretch and ~
,gan, and here at 8 u. m. daily occurs
ri mounting, feature of military
ever of interest to the tourist.
ther points of interest to the tourist
The Historical Society's rooms the
arita, the military quarter chapel and Ill
letery Of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
rch museum at the new cathedral, the Nerv
lbishop's gardens; church Of our Our q
y of Guadalupe with its rare old works.
srt; the soldiers monument, monu- H'''
1t TO the Pioneer Path Finder, Kit .ur.,
son, erected by the g. A. r. of New ,rIa
dco; st. Vincent hospital, conducted te'A'
Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans mi
lstrial school; the Indian training sn old
Dol; Loreto Academy and the chapel ECON
bur Lady Of Light. s'sa'
he's sight-seer here may also 4takesa !.
icle and enjoy days outing with
4 pleasure and profit. The various
g of interest to be visited are Tesuque
bio, aking in the divide Zen route;
1ument rock, up in picturesque Santa
canon; the Aztec mineral springs
nbe pueblo; Aqua Fria village the