Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-15
SANTA re.
4 Fsw Facts for the General Informa
ton OF Tourists and Sight,
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL

UGFll AL I'LL VI MI w mnAlD
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL
Delesa,e i'll Congress ....... ,ANTErNY Jos
| Governor Do. ....,.... ..... l.. BRADFORD PR -
| secretary .... ...... b. NJ, THO.
| solicitor General EDWARD l.. BART Fl
| Auditor ..,..,,. q, .... . TRINIDAD ALA III
Treasurer o.. o.. ANTONIO ORTIZ Y SALAt,
AdiutaHt General ,....-..-. L W. WYNKul
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court go. t. Y. Los
Associate Justice list district W. H. Written
Associate Justice I'd district .... ... W. h. B..
Associate Justice 81 district. j. K. Nc :
Presiding Justice 18th district ......-. V. lr&
U. ;. District Attorney, ......- ..... L. a. Flsh
z. ;, Marshal. -. ...... TRINIDAD RnMhu
CLERK Supreme Court ...SUHMERs BuRKHA .
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U. s. Surveyor General. -. EDWARD F. HonsE
q. s. Land Register .... A. /" MoRRIsos
Receiver Public Moneys. .......WM. NJ, BERGEl
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. Henry DoUGLA,,
| Adjutant .,........ LIEUT.. ). SETBCEN
6i ,i q. N ..,,apt. j. W. summerhaye.
secy Bureau OF imm&ratiou MAX FRO
U. s. Int. Rev Collector Up 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 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 its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
Of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude III
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to Tie permanent cure of pull |
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,o47; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
I ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Jimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
1918; Socorro, 1865; Las
Jruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; It.
stanton, $500. The mean temperature
It the government station at Santa Fe,
or the years named was as follows 1874,
SO degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
81 1877, 1873; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
$50, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
Uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
cath rate in New Mexico is the lowest in /
he union, the ratio being as follows
lew England, 25; Minnesota, IA South
IN States, 8 and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
50 miles; from Denver, 1873 miles;
ON Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
lerque, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
lilies; from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
ngeles, | 1872 miles: from San Fran
SEQ, ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
rand plaza is, according to latest correct
| measurements, 7,Ol95 feet above the
vel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
le northeast and at the extreme north .
II end of the Santa Fe mountains,
.,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak to
e right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
source, is II, O45 feet high the divide
ErIn *
epeguilla (west), 6,O25; La Bajada,
5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
ena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
ighest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
Sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5S4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points OF
ore or less historic interest in and about
e ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
aza, has been occupied as an executive
ansion since 1880, the first governor and
plain general $50 far as the data at
nd reveals) being Juan de Otermin q
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
umphant marches over this beautiful
sis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel in the
th century destroyed during the Pueblo
yolution of 1885, rebuilt by order of ~
he Marques de la Penuela, " in the -
ar ITO. ~
The oldest dwelling house in the -
lited States is located near San Miguel
urch. 1t was built before the Spanish
lquest.
Tie ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lily crumbling and instead grand mod.
stone structure is building. The old
hedral was erected in 1861. Z
Did Fort Marcy was first recognized
/ used as strategic military point by
inst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
enemy after besieging the city for
e days. The American army under
arney constructed old Fort Marcy in
'ort Marcy of the present day is gar
,ned By three companies OF the 10th
S. infantry, under command of Cap -
IS Gregory Barrett, J. f. Stretch and
ggan, and here at 8 Il. m. daily occurs ~
I'D mounting, feature Of military Il
ever of interest to the tourist ~
)ther points of ir terest to the tourist
{: The Historical Societys rooms; the
arita," the military quarter; chapel and >,
letery of Our Lady OF the Rosary; the Z
lrch museum at the new cathedral, the z
hbishop's gardens; church OF our Our 3
ly of Guadalupe with its rare old works ::
art the soldiers monument, mont. -
MT to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit s.
son, erected by the G. A. r. Of New 8
al or nd