Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-28
SANTA fE.
a Few Facts Cor the General Enforma'
ton Of Tourists aud Sight
Saers Visiting the

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TERRITORIAL.
Delegate III Congress ANfherr yosEpi
Governor l. hKS if1ED ~ ntNN'
| Secretary .... D. ii 'hV'in
Soliritor General .EpwAsD /. BAarLEL
| Auditor IhlNlDAp Ala MI
| ireHotlTer ANTONIO ORTIZ 5ALA2At
Adiutant General. E,W. WyNKooi
sec'y Bureau of immigration MAX fRos
JUDICIARY,
Chief Justice Supreme Court d. V. LoNu
| associate Justice iSt district W II. "aiIEh An
| associate Justice I'd district y. LEN
| Associate Justice 50 district -. ~ oior
| Presiding justice 4th district L " LoNa
| U, :. District Attorney. -. Z. a, fishh
| e. J, Marshal. &C.. ...-. TRINIDAD foAFfo
| Tierv supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LANr DEPARTMENT.
II. : Surveyor General .. EDWARD +. HOBART
o. !. Land Rcgiste..... a, L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ..,.....Wa. M. BERGER
US. ARMY.
commander at TT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adutant .............. LIEUT. 5. \ SEYBt aS
pisbursing G. NJ ~. Capt. J. W. summerhayes,
q. s. Int Rev. Collector .......,..J,P. McGRoATY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopal
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 hourlshiug 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 1850; but the earliest mem
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 iorerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest OH
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity especially
adapted to Tie permanent cure of pull
monary complaints, as hundreds will be
yitness,) 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
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
: ,5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4Sg, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9lo; 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, |
4S.a degrees: 1875, 4S.8 degrees; 1875, |
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, AIS. 1879, sos;
1880, 46.6; which shows al extraordinary
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, & and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIC miles from Albu-
uueraue SIS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles; from Fl Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles 1892 miles; from San Fran
cisco, ,291 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,0l9.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
u ,66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
CieDegrilla (west', 6,O25; La Bajada,
1914: mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca), 1928; Sandia mountains
(highest point, lO,6OS; Old Placers,
&. sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5S4 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
plazs. has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor anc
captain general $50 lar as the data at
hand rev .als) being Juan de Otermln
The plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other IN 1898.
Church Of San Miguel. -Erected IN the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
1.-The Marques de la Penuela, in the
year l7lO. !,
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 arc grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
tile enemy after besieging the city for
nine days. The American army under |
Kesrney constructed old Fort Marcy in |
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar |
risoned By three companies OF the 10th
u. s. infantry, under command of Cap |
tains Gregory Barrett, j. +. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs |
guard mounting, a feature OF military
maneuvering ever of interest to the tourist |
Other points OF irterest to the tourist
are: The Historical Society's rooms; the
"Garita," the military quarter chapel anu
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the
archbishop's gardens; church Of our Our
LADY of Guadalupe with its rare old works
of art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ment to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
Carson, erected by the &. 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 chapel
of Our Lady OF Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
vehicle and enjoy days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide Ell route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
49, ,,,olJo. Auua Fria village the