Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-12
SANTA FE:.
i Few Facts for the General Informa
ton Of Ts9rists and Sight
seer4Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

q JODiSiAhA'
: Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BRIE
/ Associate Justice list district W. h. WnlrEAA
{: Associate Justice "a district ....... ". D. LIZ
:. Associate Justice Sd district ......- J. X, MCFl
Presiding Justice 4th district. JAS. o BRiE
u = district Attorney 4. a. FISH
: l. S. Marshal, &C.. ..... TRINIDAD ROMER
lerx Supreme Court ...SUMMEFs BueRHAR
. LAND DEPARTMENT
u.s. surveyor General EDWARD F, HoBAE
y. s. Land Regster.......... "A. L. MoRRIsol
Receiver Public Moneys ........WM. NJ. BERGEi
U. s. ARMY.
commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Coll SIMON sSYDEI
Adjutant -...........,. LIEUT. s. \. sEfBtRs
}iaburs iI O. Cant j. W. summerhaye t
u s. Int Rev. Collector .........J.P. Mc'iBoRrY
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.
II 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
t'e 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 i'll 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 nave made traffic over the |
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
~ L. 4 Al. q.
| 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,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,48g, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1868; Las
Cruces, 3,S44; Silver City, 5,946; #. E
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.O degrees; 1876,
48.l: 1877, 4S.3; 1873, AIS. 1879, 50.6
1880, 1885, 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, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, s; and New Mexico, 3. -
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
s69 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu- =
luerque, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
niles; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, | ,O32 miles; from San Fran. -
,isco, / ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The hase of the monument in The
yrand plaza ia, according to latest correct
ID measurements, 1905 feet above the
eyel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
I'm end of the Santa Fe mountains,
1861 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
Is solrcel. is II O45 feet high the divide -
Tesuoue road 7,l7l; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Iienep,lilla west 6,O25: La Baiada,
.5l4: month Of Santa Fe creek north OF -
'ena Blanca). 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest noint. 10 COS: Old Placers.
al Los Cerrillos mountains (sonth}. -
'bS4 feet in height
n,,,,,r, ~, ,.,,,Drur
foi4'i' vi Nv A''' -
lhere are some iofty various polhts oi
lore or less iilstorlc interest," III anu apout
ne ancient city:
Inc Adobe faiace, north siue OF tne
laza, has been occupied as an executive
lanslon since 1850, the hrst Governor ahl
aptalE general so lar as tle oata III
ana rev :als) belng Juan ue Otefhm
HE rlaza-Onate ana he vargas mace IT,
lumpllant marches over this beautiful w
ASS, the one III 1871, the other IN l6g3.
Church OF san Mlguel.--Erected IN the a.
9Th century. destroyed during the Pueblo '"
evolution OF 1850; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuela, IN the
ear l7lO. 9
The Oldest dwelling house IN the -
nited States is located near San Mlguei Do
lurch. 1t was built before the spanish
inquest. -
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ally crumbllng and instead grand mod.
n stone structure is building. The Old
lthedral was erected IN laol. ---
Old Fort Marcy was hrst recognized
I'd used as strategic; military point by
10 Pueblo Indians when they revoted
,ainst Spanish rule i'll 1850 and drove out 1870
10 enemy after besieging the city for
ne days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy In ----
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