Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-06
SANTA re.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL,
| D,.,.yuf. IN Congress ANrHrNY JVS&pF
| Governor l.. BRADFORD fEtNti
| secretary. b. NJ. lh""@'
| Solicitor General. EDWARD L. bARlhrll
Auditor ..,... TRINIDAD ALA XII
TREASURER ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAHAf
ltiutant General r. W. WYNK"oi
3ecy Bureau OF immigration ..... MAX Ff'S
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court go. e. V. LHSA
Associate Justice list district W. Fl. WHITES Al
Associate Justice I'd district. 49,. w. D. LEI
| Associate Justice 81 district. J. X MCFIt
| Presiding Justice 4th district h V. LoSH
| o. 8 District Attorney &C.. ..... 4. A. FIsKE
clerk supreme Court ... SUMMERS BURKHARr
LAND DEPARTMENT,
| Z. ). surveyor General. go. EDWARD F. HoBAnI
q. 5. Land Register. .. 4. l." MORRISON
| Receiver Public Moneys ....Wa. NJ. BERGER
US ARMY.
| commander at IT. Marcy, Col. HENRy DOUGLASS
| Adjutant ..-......... LIEUT.. ). \ SEfBt IN
QuuIterIDaster LIEUT.. PLUMNhE
DisDursing q NJ Capt. j.. W. sulnmerhaycs
u. q. Int. Rev, Collector ........ UP. McGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Re, 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 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 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
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,O47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
I ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1858; Las
Cruces, 1874; 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,
4s.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; 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
srn States, &; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
,uerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles: from San Fran
:isco, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in vhe
grand 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
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
ts source, is 2,045 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
Jieneguilla (westN, 6,025; La Bajada,
,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,60S; Old Placers,
,S0l 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
'laza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
aptain general $50 far as the data at
land rev .als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church Of San Miguel.-Erected in the
9Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la 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 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Puenlo Indians when they revoltcd
gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
ne enemy after besieging the city for
inc days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in 4
S46.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ls gar
soned BY three companies OF the 10th
7. s. infantry, under command Of Cap
inns Gregory Barrett, j. +. Stretch and
'uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs :,
uard mounting, feature of military
laneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF irterest to the tourist .
re-: Inc t1l5tOllCdl ooCleIy loouis Ihe
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 /
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works y y
t art the soldiers monument, monu- A
lent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit D.
arson, erected by the G. A. r. of New A
iexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted -
y Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans