Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-22
SAN IA Re.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight,
ssers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

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T issaHt ANTONIO ORTIZ sAlA<AI
Adjutant General .,...,....... E W "YNk -oi
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court IT,. R.V.L"St
Associate Justice lst district '" H. WITT" w ~
AssOcate I Instic 20 al d district X Mr
Presiding justice Justice 4th district 49,. E V. L,>o
y, :. District Attorney" 4. 4. tinSr
e1y 9 snremo Court s,nMsRs BuRRThET
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r. . survevor General EnwARD f, HosAgT
pce o. Lang pu ESEis W6ueys IN n BERSr
U.s ARMY.
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adutant '.-''' 'LlEqT ~. 3 81 sEYnyS an
Hnalhi O. If cant j. ", summerhayes,
sec'y Bureau OF immigration . MAX Eros
U. s. Int Rev Collector ,,.''.P' A0dHoRrY
HISTORICAL.
Cant. l.. tbe c;tv If the Holv Faith If
A. Francis u.s. is S the CAPITAL Of New Mexico
tr ., " cante az sanitary. archenisconai
s .~ and also the military headquarters
az II T. the oldest aeat Of civil and raligions
aover nm ON American soil Whe,
Sshala do RAGS nenetrated the vallev Of
tho Rio Grande in las he fonnd Santa
Eo aorr,uhino Pnehio villeoa Tba his1
Tow, 81 ;.s f;rsi Errono.n saftlen,ont was
,oai m;th n,nst of tba oarlv records Of tbn
t tosr; ". NV the dest rnction ri al the
opnh;UnSs ~ ,seo. hnt tho aarliost nen
t;o u,', ~ u shows II than W have heen the
",U,i oi ~ a 1J" the center Of commarns
o,th ortv and inAnence In 1eO4 cone
Ihe f;rst vent,resome American trader--
tho forer,nner Of the yreat line of mer.
chants Who have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
,t Nou Mox;co 10 ronsidered tbe f,nest On
~ u, WOW oon t The bigh alttnde in.
s,,r r drvness and nuritv fesnecialIv
oJontod 70 To ner,oanenf cure If mn.
monarv comnlsints as hundreds will he
witness ! and bv travelling from point tn
ooint almost any desired temperatrre |
may be enjoyed. The altitude OF some OF
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa re, 7,047; Costllla,
7,774; TERRA Amarillo, 1885; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernallllo, 5,7O4; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; TT.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was as follows; 1914,
4S.9 degrees; 1873, 4S.e degrees; 1876,
4S.l; 1877, 4o:3; 1878, 41.6. 1879, ,5O.6;
1880, 46.6; which shows an extraordinary
uniformity. For tubercular diseases the
death rate IN new Mexico ID the lowest III
Cne uiilon, wy i"V1o oons 90 io1,omS
~ ototas q. ond Nav Mexico 2
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DISTANCES.
santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
se0 miles: from Denver, 1888 miles
from Trsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
1ueroue. IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles. ,O32 miles; from San Fran
,isco. ,281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
w. ,>.a 81 tho nnn,uan,. in ,he
ins r,, nase VI ao tne 20 iatest correct.
elanu PlaAa 10, ao'o-| mins ~ fnat oboUo tha
eu measurements ~ .h p1Id l1 nHonntain toward
Ievel VI 'iio eea "a .h ,, extra,ne nortb.
The northeast ana al me extreme one. hof'n-
" ao enu VI 'no Sa a Ia,,oS 40 paaL ~
ool teet ao,ve sc. 1ea S $50 Ea orools hos
,tae ~. W. 10 ak foot h;ch the divide
rs source), is iz,o49 lee, iish viae ai non.
iesuque foau} "a n Mgua Fra p o;aGH
Olenegulla N"est', o,UIo -" oaJa"o
9,ol4 NOUN Oh 1 an c ce o5eeh TWILL VI
Pena blanca), o,zz9 oahl a. iii1 pIauann
mghest polht),, lo'ooo, w iaoIl9'
5,o0! Los Cerrlilos houh'alns 'sou''''
1894 feet IN helght
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
plaza, has been upied as an executive
MANSION since 1880, the first governor and
,aptain general $50 far as the data at
land reveals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful
basis, the one in 1891, the other in 1898.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
9Th century DESTROYED during the Pueblo
evolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year l7IO.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United states Is located near San Miguel
.hnrch II was built before the Spanish
CONQUEST.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
,ally crumbling and instead grand mod
,rn stone structure is building. The old
was erected in 1851.
Old Eor+ Morcy was first racopnized