Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-16
SANTA re-.
A Few Facts for the General lnforms-
ton of Tourists. and Sight
seer4Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MhA1o'
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.
ueleears In Congress ..... ANTHONY JOSEF
| Governor ... ..,...''L' bhADFVED nm, ~ n n,
Solicitor General. ...... EDWARD L. BARrLEj
Auditor .......,..,, TRINIDAD hAAhi
Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAzA
Adiutaat General s. FLETCHE
Sec'y Bureau OF immigration. ,...,. MAX FHos
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice Supreme Court =; JAS. o'BRlE
| Associate Justice Isl district. W. ii. WHlTEM
Associate Justice I'd district. ..... " y. LIE
Associate Justice I'd district ....... J. r. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district. jas. O'BRIE
H,s.Ftet Attorney rs,s,nt m r Ro sisR
| Jerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. s. Surveyor General go. EDWARD F.. HoBAR
U. 8. Land Register. A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. ,......WA. NJ BER0El
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at f. Marcy, J.. Col. SIMON sNYDEl
Adjutant -............ LIEUT. s. |. SEfBl XII
Quartermaster ..............LI LIEUT.. PLUMMEI
6isbursing q. NJ Capt. j. ". summerhayes
U. a. Int Rev Collector ......,...J Up. mo9aoRT,
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
It 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 a fourlshing 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 1880; 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 forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who nave made traffic over the
Santa Fe worldwide in it's celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures dryness and purity Especially
adapted to tne 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, 1855; Glorieta,
1857; Taos, $780, Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6, 489, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
u,1eroue, 4,918; Socorro, 1855; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; Fl.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the years named was rs follows 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1875,
48.1; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, F.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, s; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles; from Albu-
oueruue. IS miles; from Deming, 318
miles; from Ell Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, 1,281 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ol9.5 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, 1851 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wh gre the Santa Fe creek has
it's source), is 2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4SO
Cienegrlilla west, 6,025; La Balada,
1914 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,608; Old Placers,
6 1901 Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,584 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 ano |
captain general $50 far as the data at
hand rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made |
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1873.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1880; rebuilt by order of
"The Marques de la Penuela, in the
year ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States Is located near San Miguel
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 strategic military point by |
the Pueblo Indians when they revolted
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
l846.
Fort Marcy of the present day Ii gar
rigoned by three companies OF the 10th
IT, s. infantry, under command of Cap
tains Gregory Barret, J. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 8 q. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, 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 and
cemetery of Our Lady Of the Rosary; the
church museum at the new cathedral, the |
srchbishop'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.
The sight-seer here may also take .
,,ohioIo end oniov n DAVIS outing with