Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-15
SANTA re-.
a Few Facts for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL ECT0KY

- Auditor go. TRINIDAD ALAkI
IL Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAzA
Adjutant General.... W. s. FLETCHE
=, Sec'y Bureau Of immigration MAX FRos
y q. 8. Int. Rev. Collector Il. A. HueHE
JUDICIARY.
:. Chief Justice Supreme Court. go. JAS. OBRIEl
Associate Justice LIST district f. P. SEED
Is Associate Justice I'd district. W. D. LEI
Associate Justice 81 district J. r. MCFIi
). Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. 0'BRIEr
Associate Jus ic 18th district. IA. A. Freeman
IA U. .. District Attorney K. A. fisk
. c. S. Marshal TRINIDAD RoMERt
Jerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BuRKHAR'
LAMP DEPARTMENT
:, ., surveyor GeneraI EDWARD +. HoBA.t
| [. = l4anu kegSter.... A. L. MORRISON
Receiver pub' Moneys 300 WIN NJ BKReEt
q. ARMY.
Commander al F. Marcy, -. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant .LIEuT 5. sEfBU RN
Quartermaster. ......... LIEUT. PLUMMEk
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.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10Th century. Its
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
I'd in 1905, it is therefore the second old.
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. In 1904 came the
first venturesome American trader -
the forerunner OF the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
i L., &c. lal,
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, rs 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, 1886; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50, Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9l9; Socorro, 4,655 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,
1879 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
1880, 46.6; which shows TN extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
the union, the ratio being as follows
New England, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, d; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES
Lila te lis distant from Kansas City
lies, from Denver, 39o miles
.rslniuad, 2l6 miles, from Aibu-
le, 50 miles; from Deming, 3l6
F from FL Paso, 34U miles; from Los
',ts, l,U3Z miles; from San Fran
1881 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument In The |
nd plaza is, according to latest correct
measurements, 1895 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
it's source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, b,48O;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,025; La Bajada,
1914 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
6,S01 Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
1854 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 stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1906. That ancient
structure WAS destroyed in 1880 and the
present one WAS constructed between
1857 and l7l6.
Tie chapel OF San Miguel WAS built be-
tween 1886 and 1851. In the latter years
the Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
i'll III, 1t had previously, and after 1893,
been the ony Spanish chapel IN Santa
Fe. 1t still remains the Oldest church in
use in New Mexico.
The walls OF the old cathedral date in
part from 1922; but the ediice proper is
from the past century.
OLD Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against spanish rule in 1851 and drove out
the enemy after besieglng the city for
nine days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy In
1916.
Fort Marcy Of the present day ID gar
rlsoned by two companies OF the lUth
U. b. infantry, under command OF Col.
Snyder, and here at y q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, q feature OF military
maneuverlng ever OF interest to the tourist.
Other points OF interest to the tourist
are: The historical Soclety's rooms, she
"Garlta, the military quarter; chapel and
Of Our Lady Of the Rosary the
church museum ut the new cathedral, tile
gardens; church OF our Our
Lady OF Guadalupe with Its rare old works
OF art the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, klt
Carson, erected by the II. A. K. of New
Mexico; 1T. Vincent hospital, conducted
by sisters OF Charity, amt 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 4
vehicle ana enjoy q days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, Aking in the divide On route;
Monument rock, up In picturesque Santa
70 canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fra village; the
turquoise mlnes; place of the assasslna-
ton of Governor Perez; San udetonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
yond the Bio Grande.
the CITY OF SANTA III