Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-22
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton of Tourists and Sight
ssers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.

Associate Justice LIST district E. P. SEED
Associate Justice I'd district ......;-: ". D: LEI
Associate Justice Sd district. J. K. MCFIl
Presiding Justice 4th district ... JAS. o'BRIEi
Associate Jusic- 9Th district. "A. A. Freeman
q. s. District Attorney. 4. A FISK
U. 8. Marshal. TRINIDAD ROMERO
| Jerk Supreme Court ...SUMMERs BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
0. s. Surveyor General, .... EDWARD F. HOBART
| U. b. Land Reglster........ A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ,..... WIN. M. BERGEF
| US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. Col SIMON sNYDEB
| Adjutant. ............. LIEUT. 3. SEYBURN
Quartermaster. LIEUT. PLUMBER
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 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
I'd 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
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, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 8, 489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Abu-
querque, 4,918; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,S44j 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,
48.9 degrees; 1875, 1875 degrees; 1875,
ALL 1877, 1873; 1873. 47.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 1855; which shows An extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
u
the union, the ratio being as follows.
New England, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
ANITA Fe is distant from Kansas City
= Lilies; from Denver, 1888 miles
II 1rsinidad, ZIG miles; from Albu-
ayetcue, 90 miles; from Deming, 316
n les from Ell Paso, $40 miles from Los
An eles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
I" ,1,2s1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
b base of the monument in The
end plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 7,O19.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward |
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL 1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
The right (wh sre the Santa Fe creek has
ts source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
..Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 1O,6OS; Old Placers,
',8Ol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 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
,rected shortly after 1905. That ancient
tructure was destroyed in 1880 and the
PRESENT one was constructed between
697 and I7l6.
The chapel Of San Miguel was built be-
ween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
n I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
,een the only Spanish chapel IN Santa
fe. 1t still remains the Oldest church in
lse in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
,art from 1922; but the edifce proper is
rom the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
.gainst Spanish rule in l6SU and drove out
he enemy after besieglng the city for
line days. The American army under
iearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy of the present day ID gar
isoned by two companies of the 10th
J. 8. infantry, under command Of Col.
snyder, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, q feature of military
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
cemetery Of Our Lady Of the Rosary the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
Irchbishop's gardens; church Of our Our
lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the u. A. r. of New
Mexico; 1T. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
Ichool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
If Our Lady of Light.
The slght-seer here may also take
7ehicle and enjoy q days outing with
10Th pleasure and profit. The VARIOUS
pots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
rock, up In picturesque santa
To conon. tho AZtar mineral aDYlnya.