Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-10
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL
Delegate fiji Congress 90. ANTHon Jnrtr
Governor .. .... lie. RRADFoEI' FktHt
| secretary ..... ...,-. Il. NJ il"M
solicitor General. ...... EDWARD l.. f4@T!hi
| Auditor .. .. ....... 80. TRINIDAD A4ARi
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ 4Ai,AL y
Adutant General. E.W WYNKUa
Sec'y Bureau OF immigration .. M fnot
JUDICIARY,
Chief Justice supreme Court ... j.. Y. LIA
Associate Justice LIST district ". H. WUt7RM A.
Associate Justice I'd district. g.. D. Ii
Associate Justice Sd district ,.... ~. NCfI
Presiding Justice 4th district 4 '. Los,
U. S. District Attorney. ....... K. \. FISK
| y. s. Marshal. 49,. ... TRINIDAD ErMfR,
| Clerk supreme Court SUMMERS Hi'rgI'AE
LAND DEPARTMENT
I. s. surveyor General. -. EDWARD +. i'on'EI
| q. s. Land Register ..., A. L. MoaklsuH
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN. ". !ErrEi
e. ARMY
Commander at TT. Marcy, Col. HENRY DOUGLASS
Ad;utant ......... LIEUT.. $. i.SEYBr IN
DisSursins 9. Capt j. ". Summer hayes.
q s. Int. Rev. Collector .J.P. Mcf'soRrY
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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.
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 fourlshing 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 in 1885, 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 iorerunner 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 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, 1856; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
auerque, 4,9ls; socorro, 1855; 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, 48.6 degrees; 1875,
4S.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1873, AIS. 1879, 500;
1880, 1875; 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, rs; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 8; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe Is distant from Kansas City
1853 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 2l8 miles; from Albu-
luerque, IS miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, .2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,019.5 feet above the
evel of the sea Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
,rn end of the Santa Fe mountains,
II ,861 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
ts source), is 12,0 45 feet high the divide
Tesuque road) I'LL; Aqua Fria, 6,480;
Jieneglilla (west>, 8,025; La Bajada,
,,514; mouth of Santa Fe creek north Of
oena Blanca, 1925; Sandia mountains :
highest point, 1O,6O8 Old Placers,
sol 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
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
,laza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor and
aptain general $50 far as the data ut
land revsals) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
9Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuels, in the \
ear ITO.
The Oldest dwelling house In the
United States is located near San Miguel
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ally crumbling and instead grand mod
IN stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1851.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd 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
inc days. The American army under
.earney constructed old Fort Marcy in 4
S46. .
Fort Marcy Of the present day Is gar
soned by three companies of the 10th
7. s. infantry, under command Of Cap
inns Gregory Barret, j. F. Stretch and
,uggan, and here at 8 9. m. daily occurs :,
uard mounting, a feature of military
ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of irterest to the tourist g
re-: The Historical Society's rooms; the 6
Garita, }" the military quarter chapel and
emetery Of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the g
hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church Of our Our y
.ady Of Guadalupe with its rare old works {
art the soldiers monument, monu- y
lent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit (
larson, erected by the g. A. R. of New =
Iexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted -
y Sisters Of Charity, and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training :