Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-27
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seors Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

, CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
bci"satr IN Congress ..,.,, ANTHONY JOSEPH
Governor l.. BRADFORD PRIMO
-5,.r.l,.tNlN .. Is. II. lIiDHA
Solicitor General . EDWARD l.. BARrLEL
auditor ...... TRINlDAD ALARI!
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ I 5ALA2Ai
AdJutant iienerai..,... ..... E. W MfHhOoi
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court 49,. E.V. LONG
Associate Justice list district ". H. WHlTEM ~
Associate Justice I'd district ......... W.D. hEt
ASSOCIATE Justice Sd district. j. K. No Flt
Presiding Justice 18th district ........E. v Lone
L ). District Attorney ,.,,... ..... L. \. FtsKE
&. s. Marshal. 49, ... TRINID NJ ROMERO
Jerk Supreme Court zee. SUMMERS BCRKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
Y. 5. surveyor General. 80. EDwARD f. HOBART
y. ;. Land Register.,. a. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ....W VIM. NJ. BERGER
q. ;. ARMY.
Commander ut FIT Marcy, COL. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant -........... LIEUT.. 5, SEYM RN
! Quartcrlnaster... .......,. LIEUT.. PLUMBER
/ Discussing &. -...F capt J. W olllnmerhaycS
oru'y 5urctG ri immigration .- MAX i'Ros'
U S. Int. Rev. Collector ..... up. McGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
santa te, 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 1850; 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 it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on |
the continent The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to lie 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,
1857; 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,
1873 degrees 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
4S.1; 1877, 1873; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
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, g.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
luerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, | 032 miles: from San Fran
'isco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements. 7,0IY.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, I
Y ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ire the Santa Fe creek has :
is source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road III; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada,
ola mouth OF Santa Fe creek north of
'ena Blanca) 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, lO,6OS; Old Placers,
j,SO1 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
he ancient city: !
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
,laza, has been occupied as an executive
nansion since 1880, the first governor and
aptain General $50 far as the data at 7
land reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
,ass, the one in 1891, the other in 1893. v
Church of San Miguel. directed in the I
9TH century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the I
year ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the n
United States is located near San Miguel
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad n
Tally crumbing and instead grand mod {
I'm stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized c
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out g
he enemy after besieging the city for e
line days. The American army under Il
iearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846. q
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar =
isoned by three companies OF the 10th I
J. S. infantry, under command of Cap /
aims Gregory Barret, J. F. Stretch and I
)uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs !
,uard mounting, a feature of military v
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist !,
ire: The Historical Society's rooms the
'Garita, the military quarter; chapel and l.
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church OF our Our
lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
II art; the soldiers monument, monu- ?
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
larson, erected by the G. a. R. of New
dexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
~ Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
chool Loreto Academy and the chapel :;
# Our Lady OF Light.
The sight-seer here may also take