Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-08
SANTA Re.
a Few Facts for the General lnforma-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
seer1'Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,

Governor IL, BRADFORD FIRING
SECRETARY B. M THoaA
solicitor General. EDWARD l.. BARTLEL
| Auditor .... ..-... TRINIDAD ALAhIl
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTI2 Y SALAZAi
Adntant General s. FLuTCHEi
sec'y Bureau of immigration ... MAX Eros
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. o'BRtEs
associate JustIt .st ulstttUt. w. IL - hirEh y
Associate Justice I'd district. .... W. ID. LEE
Associate i1s'icn 30 district J. Meets
Presiding Justice 4th district. JAS. O'BRIEN
y , i,'s.riet ATTORNEY. T.; A. 4, rlshE
Jerk supreme Court ..sUMMhEs BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT,
U. $. Surveyor General, EDWARD F. HoBART
y. s. Land Registtr.......... a. L MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ......Wa. NJ. BERGER
! U. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. COL SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant .............. LIEUT. 5. StfBrRN
Cuartermaster . ...... LIEUT. PLUMBER
Disbursing q. NJ Capt. J. W. summerhayes.
q. 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 tourlshing Pueblo village The his
tory of its 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
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
sllres dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tle 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, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, ABS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; #.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was rs follows 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
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, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
B69 miles; from Denver 1893 miles
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
1uerque, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS. |
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct {
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea ; Bald mountain, toward
,he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
Z, 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
is source), is ~ 45 feet high the divide
Tesuuue road) 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
west, 6,025;. La Bajada,
,,5l4; mouth OF Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 1O,6OS; Old Placers,
1901 Los Cerrillos mountains South,
1874 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, north side OF the
,Iazs, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor anc r
aptain general $50 far as the data at =
land rev .als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza--Onate and De Vargas made r.
triumphant marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. a
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the 4
9th century destroyed during the Pueblo 81
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF :.
The Marques de la Penuela, in the
ear 1910.
The oldest dwelling house in the =
United States is located near San Miguel =
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
onquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ally crumbling and instead grand mod
rn stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as a strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
gainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
hn Atpn
,esrney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy OF the present day Is gar s
soned by three companies OF the 10th :
I. S. infantry, under command of Cap ,
inns Gregory Barrel, j. f. Stretch and
,uggan, and here at 8 a. IN. daily occurs 4
lard mounting, a feature OF military !
laneuyerlng ever of interest to the tourist. /
Other points OF irterest to the tourist |!
re-: The Historical Society's rooms; the |.
Garita, the military Quarter; chapel and ).
,metery OF Our Lady OF the Rosary; the \
lurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our I
ady OF Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu- $,
tent to the Pioneer. Pathfinder, Kit !.
arson, erected by the G. A. X. OF New
[exico; ST. Vincent hospital, conducted :;
Y Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans >.
idustrial school; the Indian training =: &
,hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel ~
Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take a
ehicle and enjoy days outing with
9th pleasure and profit. The various =
pots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
ueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Ionumc mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
e canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Iambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
,rquoise mines; place of the assassna-
on of Governor Perez; San IldefonsO !
ueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- b,
ond the Rio Grande. wi
THE CITY OF SANTA FL 'I
making steady modern growth; has su
-, . .o,,,l,+;o,, of q no0 oud has avary pr