Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-02
SANTA Re.
A Few Facts for the General Informs
ton of Tourists and Sight
sserSVisiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

U. 5. District Attorney. -..-. ...-. K. A, FISK
O. l. Marshal ~ . TRINIDAD RoMER
lerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U, 8, Surveyor General. -. ;. EDWARD F. HoBAa
U. S. Land Register. ........ A. l.. MoRRIso!
Receiver Public Moneys. VIM NJ. BERGEl
US. ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy. COL SIMON sNYDEI
Adjutant .............. LIEUT.. ). I .SEYBtRi
6isbuTsing 8. N Capt j. W. summerhayes
q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector ..........J.P McGHoRr,
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith o.
St. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa]
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Raca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe hourlshing 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
sl1res 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; 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, 1876 degrees; 1875,
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 1856; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest In
the union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles from Albu-
uuerque, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, l., 281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct |
ed measurements, 7019.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source, is u ,045 feet high !; the divide
,Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
west, 6,025; La Balada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S; Old Placers,
) ,S01: 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, north side of the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor anC
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza--Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
basis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church Of San Miguel. Directed in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the
year 1910. =,
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. It was built before the Spanish
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
srn stone structure is building. The old
was erected in 176l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out |
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
l846.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
risoned by three companies OF the 10th
U, s, infantry, under command OF Cap
aims Gregory Barret, j. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
ever Of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita, +" the military quarter chapel and
cemetery Of Our Lady Of the Rosary the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our
Lady Of Guadalupe with its rare old works
If art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the g. A. K. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
by Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian training
school; Loreto Academy and the chapel
Of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, sking in the divide en- route;
Monume Mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
bo r,iuaral apYinpa