Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-13
SANTA FE.
4 Pew Facts for the General lnforma
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY,

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JUDICIARY,
| Chief Justice Supreme Court Il. Y. LON
| Associate Justice lst district w. H. WMiTEa
| Associate Justice I'd district ...,..,.: " =; Lt
| Associate Justice 81 district .- J. X. MCri
| Presiding Justice 4tb district H. V. LON
| U. ). District Attorney. 4. a. rish !,
Z. ). Marshal. ... TRINIDAD Nuhhh
{ Jerk supreme Court .....SUhhEhs buhhhAh
LAND DEPARTMENT.
u. !. surveyor General :. EDWARD F. HoBAR
y. s. Land Register. a.. Il" n9hkiso
Receiver Public Moneys. .......Wh. M. bEHGE
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. Coz. HENRY DOUGLAS
Adiutant ........... LIEUT.. 5 \. SEiRt e
EishTrsina o n Capt j. ". sulnmerhaye,
U. s. Int Rev. Collector Or. Up. McGEoRT
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. Whel
Cabeza de Raca penetrated the valley o
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found SAINTS
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 tie permanent cure of pull
monarv 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
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vega1, 6,452 ;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1858; 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,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.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, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, +; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
s69 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
uueroue, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, l,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 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 IRE the Santa Fe creek has
it's source) is l2,O45 feet high ; the divide
(Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4SO !;
(west>, 6,025; La BaJada,
,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1928; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
s sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,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 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
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1858.
Church of San Miguel. in the
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order Of
1.-THE Marques de Ia Penuela, in the
year ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Puen.o Indians when they revOlted
against Spanish rule in 1850 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
tains Gregory Barrett, J. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at . a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, q feature Of military
ever Of interest to the tourist.
Other points OF ir.erest 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
archbishop's 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 q. 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 a days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, / Aking in the divide en- route
Monum. Mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
turquoise mines; place of the assassina
ton of Governor Perez; San lldefonst
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be
yond the Rio Grande.