Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-08
SANTA.FE.
A Few Facts for the General Inforna-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL
Delegate III Congress ........ ANTHONY JosEPi
Governor ...................L BRADFoRD fRiNCl
Solicitor General, ~. EDWARD l.. BARrLEL
| Auditor ................ ..IRlNlDAD aLAElt
| Treasurer ... ANTONIO OkIih oAiAAtf
| Adiutant General ......... +. W. WYhK00l
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court 80. +. V. LoHG
| Associate Justice LIST district. W. ii. WHiTEh IN
Associate Justice I'd district. ... 49,. w. d. Ire
Associate Justice 30 district. ..,.....J J. f: MCfIt
| Presiding Justice 1th district ..,.. E, V. LONG
| U. s. District Attorney. - pc. l.. A. FlHkE
| C. & Marshal ~ go. TRINID Al ROMERO
[ Jerk Supreme Court ...SuMMERs BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT,
q. S. Surveyor General. 81 EDWARD F. HOBART
q. 8. Land Register 900. a. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ....WM. u, berger
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant -........... LIEUT.. 5. !. SEfBt IN
Quartermaster. :. ... ..... LIEUT.. PLuMMER
secy bureau OF immigration ..... MAX FRos
U. S. Int Rev. Collector. .....,. up. MCGRoRTY
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 $780, 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 have 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 Tie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
yitness,) 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,
,5SZ; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albn
auerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, 1900. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 1856; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows
New England, 25 Minnesota, IA; South
,rn States, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
,69 miles; from Denver, 1913 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles; from Fl Paso, 34O miles; from Los
ANGELES, 1882 miles: from San Fran
.isco, / ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
I'm end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2,G61 feet above sea level Lake Peak to
he right (wt IRE the Santa Fe creek has
is source), is 2,O45 feet high the divide
Tesuuue road) iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4SO;
Jieneguilla (west), COPS; La Bajada
,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
'ena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,6OS; Old Placers,
sol; 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
aza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1850, the first governor and
aptain general $50 far as the data at
and reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de Ia Penuela, in the
ear ITO.
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
IN stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
inc days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
soned by three companies OF the 10th
J. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
aims Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
,uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
,lard mounting, a feature OF military
laneuverlng ever of interest to the tourist
Other points OF If terest 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
gardens; church of our Our
.ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art the soldiers monument, monu-
lent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
Iexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
iidustrial school; the Indian training
chool: Loreto academy and the chapel