Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-20
SANTA re-.
A Few Facts for the General Lnforna-
Jion of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.
Governor -..,... ....,.L BRADFORD PRlHC
| secretary ......... ..-. b. NJ. IHrSl&
solicitor General. EDWARD L, BAIT IL
Auditor .... 49,. TRINIDAD AL RI
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAzA
| Adjutant General .........-... L. W WYNKpO
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice supreme Court ~. LoN'
Associate Justice LIST district ". II. WHfrEs aN
Associate Justice I'd district. 90. .,.... W. D. La
Associate Justice Sd district ....... ]. r, MCFl.
Presiding Justice 4th district .-.,.. -E. V. L"ht
y. s. District Attorney. 90 -.. .--. L, A. FISK
&. s. Marshal. 49,. TRINIDAD RoMERC
Clerk Supreme Court .,... SUMMERS BuRKHAE7
LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. s. Surveyor General. 49,. EDWARD 7. HoHAR1
| u s. Land Register. ...,..., A, l.. MORRISON
| Receiver Public Moneys. ........W M. N. BERGER
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. HENRy DOUGLASS
! Adjutant ............... LIEUT.. y. \. SEiBr RS
Quartermaster .....-...... LIEUT.. PLUMhER
| Disgusting q. N . Capt. J. W. summerhayes.
| secy Bureau of immigration. =. MAX Eros
u, s. Int Rev Collector j p. MCGRoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, 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 fourlshing 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 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
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,
7 ,5S7 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
ouerque, ABS; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; f.
$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,
4S.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
Heath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
The union, the ratio being as follows
New England, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
,rn States, 8; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 338 miles;
rom Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
Iueruue, S5 miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1892 miles; from San Fran
.isco, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
I'd measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
,he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
2 1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
Is source), is 2,045 feet high the divide
Tesuque roadD iii; Aqua Fria, {, 4S0;
(west), 6,025; La Bajada,
,,514; mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
oena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
;,SOl; 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
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
,laza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
aptain general $50 far as the data at .
,and reveals) being Juan de Otermln
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
,asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel in the
9Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de Ia Penuela, in the
rear 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
lally crumbling and instead grand mod.
,rn stone structure is building. The old
was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as a strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
gainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line DAYS. The American army under
[earney constructed old Fort Marcy in
SAG.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
isoned BIZ three companies Of the 10th =
J. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
aims Gregory Barrett, ]. F. Stretch and
)uggan, and here at $ a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, feature of military
naneuvering ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points of irterest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms; the
'Garita," the military quarter; chapel and !:
emetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church OF our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
Il art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
larson, erected by the G. A. R. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted /
" Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
II Our Lady of Light.