Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-27
SANTA re.
A Few Faots for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.

TERRITORIAL.
Delegate III Congress ..... .ANrhusY 1osEri
| Governor L. bhADfuhD hiNe
| Secretary b. NJ TBoMA
solicitor General. ..EDwAaD L, BAETLE4.
| Auditor .lHlNlDAD ALAhit
| Tress,1rer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZAf
| AdiutaHt f+euera ....,. T. "; " H S
| Secy Bureau of Immigration MAJ HhosI
JUDICIARY.
Cniet Justice 1npre sq Si sHqrt M
Associate Justice I'd district. W u. LEk
Associate Justice 80 district. ). Il; hCrlk
Presiding Justice 4th district ..,. 4, '. LONG
u ). District Attorney. 4. a. FISH
Z. s. Marshal o.. .-... TRINIDAD ROM
Clrrr Sunreme Court SUMMERs BuRkHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
G. j. Surveyor General. :. EDWARD F. HOBART
L. s. Land Register. a. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......WA N. bERdEk
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant .,....,.'.., LIEUT.. y. !. SkYBu ss
D LI m O. N Capt j. W summerhayes.
q. T. Int Rev. Collector. ..........J.P AodRoRTY
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 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 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 yenturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's 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
monary complaints, rs 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
az follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1856; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6, 4S3, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
aueroue. 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; 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; 1875,
48l: 1877, 4S.3; 1878, AIS. 1879, 500;
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, 25; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles !;
from Trsinidad, 2l6 miles from Albu-
oueruue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Ell 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,
-, 1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak to
the right (wb gre the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque roadD iii; Aqua Fria, 6.4So;
Cienegrlilla (west>, 6,025; La Balada.
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225 Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
6,s0l Los Cerrillos mountains lsouth>,
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, north side OF the
Dlazs. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor ane
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev ,als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plua-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-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
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead a grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. Inc olo
cathedral was erected in 1861. -,
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
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 ls gar
risoned By three companies OF the 10th
y. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, J. +. Stretch and
Duyyan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuyerlng ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points Of irterest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"liarita, F." the military quarter; chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
srchbishop's gardens; church Of our On
Lady Of Guadalupe with its rare old work.
of art; the soldiers monument. monu
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, XII
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 chape
of Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing witt
both pleasure and profit: The he r yarlou
pueblo, Aking in the divide en- route quite
Monument rock, up in picturesque eanl
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Nsmbe pueblo; Aqua Fria village tn
. turquoise mines; place of the a salsa
ton Of Governor Perez; San Idefons
pueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, b