Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-11
SANTA Re.
4 Tew Facts for the General lnforms- :
ton Of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
! pe,,,ga,,, tu Cousress .ANTHrNI JOSEF
! Governor 30. l., BRADFORD fRiN :
Secretary - b. NJ. THOM,
| Solicitor (ieuefal howard l.. BARTLEL
| Auditor . =. -. TRINIDAD ALABu
! Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALA2t q
Adintanf General f. W. WYNKoir
Sec 8 Bureau of immigration MAX FRO
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court +. V. LON
, Associate Justice LIST district. W. ID. NHlTEhAH
Associate Justice ID district W. d, II
| Associate Justice 80 district }, K. MCtit
Presiding Justice Attn district ..,- + " Lon"
o. 5. District Attorney. 90. ,.... +. A, FISK +
e. S Marshal TRINIDAD ROMERO
! ,ilerk supreme Court .. SUMMERS BURKHAR7
! LAND DEPARTMENT.
y. :. surveyor General. EDWARD r. HoBARi
| U. S. Land Register..... A. l.. M0REISoN
| Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. NJ. BEEGER
| US. ARMY.
\ Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
| Adiutsnt .-....... .LIEuT. >. \. SEfBtRN
| UllAI terniaster.. ...... LETT. PLCMMER
| Disbursiug 4. II Capt j. W sunmerhayes.
q, g. Int Rev Collector ......... up. McGRoRTy
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
IT. 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 $780, 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 the permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
gitness,) 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, 1856; Glorieta,
7 ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, {, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
ouerque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, d,946; Fl.
$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; 1875,
4S.l; 1877, 1873; 1878, AIS. 1879, sos;
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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 8; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
800 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
aueraue, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
cd measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL 66l feet above sea level ; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is 12,O45 feet high the divide
,Tesuque road) 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, 8, 4SO;
(westN, 6,025; La Bajada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 1O,6OS; Old Placers,
5 ,S01; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1884 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 and
,aptain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev ,als) being Juan de Otermln
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San iguel.-Erected in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
''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
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral WAS erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he 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
.ains Gregory Barrett, J. f. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs
suard mounting, feature OF military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of irterest to the tourist
are The Historical Society's rooms; the
''Garita, the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church Of our Our {
Lady of Guadalupe with it's 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.
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