Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-19
SANTA FE.
a Few Facts for the General Informa
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
jApITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate il Congress ANTHONY JOsl ri
| Governor ... .......... l." BRADFORD fN' -
| Secretary go. ....., ..... Is. III: IHV. 81
Solicitor General . EDWARD L. BARTLaL
! Auditor .. ..... 90. . TRINIDAD ALAPII
Treasurer 90. ANTONIO ORTIZ sALA1 81
AdjutRht General. ...........- + w "fNk'''
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court 4. V. Los,
Associate Justice lst district. W. II, WHlIEM As
Associate Justice I'd district. 49,, ". y. =
Associate Justice Sd district ....-...J. r. Mo- T.
Presiding Justice 4th district E " Loss
U. 5. District Attorney. $780,. -.. Z. A. flskr
e. S. Marshal. ........ TRINIDAD kOMEtg
Clerk Supreme Court ..... SUMMERS BuRKHAfi
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. s. Surveyor General. EDWARD F. HOBART
q. 8. Land Register. 4. L. MQRRlsnN
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. M. BERGEh
US. ARMY.
Commander at Fl Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Adjutant .... .......... LIEUT.. s. ) EfBt kN
Quartermaster. ......... LIEUT.. PLuMaEit
Dishursiug O. M Capt. J. w. Summerhayos,
sec'y Bureau OF immigration .,. MAX Eros
s., Int. Rev. Collector ..J.P McdRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepscopal
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 tiourlshing 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 1885, but the earliest NEIL
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 have made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in its 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, as 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
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, &, 4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
ouerous, 4,91S; 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.9 degrees; 1875, 1915 degrees; 1876,
48,l; 1877, 4S3; 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, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu,
auerque, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, 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, 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,
Il. 66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wb ,re the Santa Fe creek has
its source) is ,O45 feet high the divide
Il
Cieneguilla (west), 6,O25; La Balada,
5,514 mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
6,S0l Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
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
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand reveals) 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
10th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
"The Marques de Ia Penuela, " in the
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Mlguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 176l. /
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltod
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after besieging the city for
nine DAYS. The American army under
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1846.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
risoned BY three companies OF the Ioth
q. s. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, ]. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 9 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuyering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
are: The Historical Societys rooms; the
"Garita, /" the military quarter chapel and
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 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 chapel
of Our Lady OF Light. 49,