Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-31
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO

| Delegate i'll Congress ,AHrhVNI 1oenr
| Governor H. bhADfohD =, hiF' =
| Solicitor General. . EDWARD L. BARTLEL
Auditor .-.. -......-- lElSlDhD niA'i
treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALA2A
4diutsrt General w 4. W WYNKoo
Sec'y Bureau of immigration MAX fhos
JUDICIARY,
Chief Justice Supreme Court Z. V. LON
Associate Justice Ist district, W. h. WHlTEa Al
Associate Justice I'd district. NJ, LEl
Associate Justice sd district. -. y. r. Mcfli
Presiding Justice 4th district. Lone
y >. District Attorney. 49,. ...- r. A. rlshf
r ( Marshal TRINIDAD KOMERt
CLERK supreme Court .SuMMERs BURKHAR1
LAND DEPARTMENT
q. s. Surveyor General. EDWARD +, HOBART
U. s. Land ReglSttr.....,... A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......Wa III. BERGER
q. ). ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutaut .......... LIEUT.. S. \ SEYBr sN
discussing isl, q. N Capt. J. W. summerhayes
q. s. Int. Rev. Collector up. McGRohrY
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
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe tiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
tory of it's 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
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to the permanent cure OF pull
rnonary 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 follows. Santa te, 7,047; Costilla,
7 TIA; Terra Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
,5S7 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
lueruue, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces. 3,s44; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton. $500. The mean temperature
At the government station at Santa Fe,
or the years named was as follows; 1874,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1916 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 4.6. 1879, sos;
1880, 46.G; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
ieath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
he union, the ratio being as follows:
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
,rn States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
yueroue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1872 miles; from San Fran
,isco, Isl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument IN Vhe
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,Ol9.5 feet above the
eyel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
p ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
Is source, is II ,O45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road III; Aqua Frla, $3.50
Jieneguila (west', 6,025; La Ba]ada,
,,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
5ena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
i,S01; 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
olaza. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor anc
;aptair general $50 far as the data at
land rev ,als) being Juan de Otermln
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
,asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1888.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year l7lO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
,hurch. 1t was built before the spanish
The ancient cathedraps walls are grad
lally crumbling and instead a grand mod
,rn stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as q strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revotcd
against Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he 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 ID gar
risoned By three companies OF the 10th
U. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, j. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at $ 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
Of art the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. 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, aking in the divide en- route !;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
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