Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1890-07-29
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
tion of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY


! secy Bureau Of immigration ... MAX FRO
- JUDICIARY.
3 Chief Justice Supreme Court. w JAS. O'BR1F
4 Associate Justice lst district W. Il. WHITEM A
{ Associate Justice I'd district. ..........W d. LII
5 Associate Justice 80 district; .......J. R. McFl
: Associate Jusi icr 5th district. ... +. 7. SEEI
y. y. District Attorney 80. K. A. FISK
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LAND DEPARTMENT.
9. s. Surveyor General .... EDWARD r. HoBAR
.. s. Land Register. "A L. MoRRIso
Receiver Public Moneys ,.......WM. M. BERGE
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Commander at f. Marcy, :. Col, SIMON SNYDE
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o. 8. Int. Rev. Collector. .........,.L. A. HUaHE
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith O
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archepiscopa
see, and also the military headquarters
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
: site previous to the 18th 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
ed 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
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATA
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to toe 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, 7,455; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1858; 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,
48.9 degrees; 1875, 48.6 degrees 1876,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, sos;
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, PIG miles from Albu-
querque, 95 miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from El Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles l 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, 1,2S1 miles,
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in the
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7019.5 feet above the
level of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
IL ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ere the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is 12,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,480;
Cieneguilla (west), 6,O25; La Bajada,
5 5,514 mouth OF Santa Fe creek (north of
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, 10,60S; Old Placers,
{, 1901; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5s4 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points Of
1aae, h I.otn>i inf w al |
the ancient city:
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
erected shortly after 1905. That ancient
structure was destroyed in 1850 and the
present one was constructed between
1897 and l716.
The chapel OF San Miguel was built be-
,ween 1886 and 1850. In the latter years
he Indians destroyed it. Fully restored
n I'LL, it had previously, and after 1893,
been the only Spanish chapel in Santa
1e. It still remains the oldest church in
lse in New Mexico.
The walls of the old cathedral date in
,art from 1922; but the ediice proper is
rom the past century.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
.gainst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line days. The American army under
learney constructed old Fort Marcy in
846.
Fort Marcy OF the present day is gar
isoned by two companies of the 10th
J. s. infantry, under command OF Col.
nyder, and here at a. m. daily occurs
uard mounting, a feature OF military
1aneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points Of interest to the tourist
re: The Historical Society's rooms; the
Garita, )" the military quarter; chapel and
emetery of Our Lady of the Rosary; the
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our
.ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
( art the soldiers monument, monu-
lent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
iexico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted
Y Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans [
ldustrial school; the Indian training
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
ehicle and enjoy days outing with
9th pleasure and profit. The various
pots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
ueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
1onument rock, up in picturesque Santa
e canon; the Aztec mineral springs
Iambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
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