Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-23
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Ipforma-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
seerAVisiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. ORRtE
Associate Justice list district W. h. WHlTEM A
Associate Justice I'd district O.. W. ID. LIE
Associate Justice Sd district ..... .. J. Z. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district jas. O'BRIE
o. ), District Attorney. ...-, f.. a. FISK
l.. s. Marshal ..... TRINIDAD ROMER
| lerR supreme Court ....SUMMERs BURKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
g. j. Surveyor General. ... EDWARD r. HoBAR
G. S. Land Reglster......... 4. h. MQRRIso!
Receiver Public Moneys. ........WM. NJ. BERGEl
U. $. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. Col. SIMON SNYDEI
Adjutaut ,.......... LIEUT., 5. \. SEYBURr
TD Ia q NJ Capt. j. ". snmmerhaye tss
g. 8, Int Rev. Collector Up, McGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
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
Caheza de Baca penetrated the valley of
the Rio ,irande in 1885 he found Santa
Fe fiourlsling 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 1850; 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 ventllresome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who nave 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 tne 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, GASP
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; #.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature |
at the government station at Santa Fe, |
for the years named was as follows; 1874, |
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1876, |
4S.l; 1877, 48.3; 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, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
1863 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, 216 miles from Albu-
85 miles; from Deming, 316
miles, from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,032 miles from San Fran
cisco, PSI 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,
~ ,661 feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wb ere the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is 2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
CieDeguilla west, 6,025; La Bajada,
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north OF
Pena Blanca, 1928; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
5 sol; Los Cerrilos mountains (south),
1884 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
olazs. has been occupied as an executive
MANSION since 1880, the first Governor ant
,aptain general $50 far as the data at :
land rev.als) being Juan de Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
,ass, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel. Erected in the j
9th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela, in the {
rear l7l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
hurch. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest. l
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lally crumblng and instead grand mod
I'm 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 -
ganst Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line DAYS. The American army under
Iearney constructed old Fort Marcy in -
846.
Fort Marcy of the present day ls gar
isoned by three companies OF the 10th =
J. S, infantry, under command of Cap
aims Gregory Barret, j. f. Stretch and
)uvgan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
,lard mounting, feature of military
aaneuverlng 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-
nent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit +
larson, erected by the G. A. r. of New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducted
" Sisters OF Charity and the Orphans
Industrial school; the Indian training s
chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
# Our Lady of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
,ehicle and enjoy a days outing with I
10Th pleasure and profit. The various !
pots of interest to be visited are Tesuque
,ueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Nonumu mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
&c canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
lambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
urouoise mines; place of the assassina-
ion OF Governor Perez; San lldefonso
pueblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be-
,ond the Rio Grande,