Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-07

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
lcIoratc III congress ......,, ANTHONY JOSH
/ Governor ,-,..,.L. bH" i,Fot'b - No"
I Secretary. b. VI. 4HOh Il
~nlirl;ur l;currsJ . EDWARD L. BARTLEL
.,rIrlr ... TRINIDAD ALARjI
Ir,u~urpr ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZN'
tdju'ant Gcneral...... ,... j. W. "fNRoo
JUDICIARY.
CHIEF Justice supreme Court .... e. V. Lose
Associate Justice lst district W H. Written A.
t-.., nate justine ri district. ....... W. D. la
A,.uriatc Justice 81 district ....-...J f. MCl1
/ Presiding ,uiSIirc 4tu district ....... V. i'oN'
&. IS. District Attorney CO.,. ..- .... r. a. Else
/ l., : Nar,lat TRINIDAD koMERo
| irra supreme Court SUMMERS BUHKnAH1
LAND DEPARTMENT.
/ :. surveyor Gcucral SO. EDWARD r. HoBAR'
/ e. 5. Land hcEiSrcr..,. ... A. h. MoRHlso%
/ NgccivCr Public Moneys. ...... WIN NJ. BERGEt
U. ;. ARMY.
! Commander at Ft Marcy, Con- HENRY DOUGLAS.
Adiufant ......... LIEUT., ). \. SEYBrRN
,i.,nrs, Capt. j. " summcr6ayes.
~ar'v bureau 81 Immigratiui- o.. MAX Eros
4. ). 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. archeplscopal
see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat Of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
Cube2a de Bara penetrated the valley OF
the Rio tirande in 1898 he found Santa
Fe hoursIlin. Pueblo village. The his
tory If its hrst European settlement was
lost, with most Of the early records of the
territory, by The destruction of all the
archives IN 1850; but the earliest men
ton of it shows it then to have been the
rapitni and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first vGuturesone American trader
the f0rerunuer Of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the
Santa Re worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryuess and purity especially
adapted to TIE permanent cure of pull
monury complaints, as hundreds will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
point almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed, The altitude OF some of
the principal points in the territory is
rs follcws Santa Fe, 7,O47; Costilla,
7174, TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
! .5S1; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu
1913; Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, SSH; Silver City, 1916; Fl.
stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for The wears named was as follows; 1874,
4S.g degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
l8.l; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500
1850, 4G.G; 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, ~ Minnesota, IA South
ern states, + and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
luerque, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles: from FL paso, $40 miles; from Los
ANGELES, 1872 miles; from San Fran
i,ro, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in the
grand plaza is, according to latest Direct
ed measurements, 7,OlA.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
arn end Of the Santa Fe mountains,
II .66I feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
The right lwt IRE the Santa Fe creek has
It's source, is II, O45 feet high :; the divide
Tesuque road LII; Aqua Frla, $3.50;
(west), 6,O2o; La Balada,
} ,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
pena Blanca, 5.225; Sandia mountains
highest point, ~ 1905 Old Placers,
i. sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
! ,5S4 feet in height,
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
more or less historic interest in and about
the ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since $780, the first governor and
aptain General so far as the data at
hand reveals) being Juan de Otermln
The lluza--Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
oasis. the one in 1891, the other in 1858.
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
THE Marques de la Ienuela, in the
year l7lO. -,
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
Tie ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead a grand mod
ern stone structure is building The old
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
AGAINST Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
tie enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
K carney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
risoned w three companies OF the 10th
u. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tans Gregory Barrett, j F. Stretch and
I)uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, a feature of military
ever OF interest to the tourist
Other points OF irterest to the tourist
are; The Historical Society's rooms; the
''Ciarita," the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church of our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works |
of art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson erected by the q. A. K. of New |