Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-22
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for sho Gene al Informa-
non Of Tourists and Sight
Seels Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL
| JejvgHGe IN Congress ANTHONY JOhhfA
| Ioyeruor l.. BRADFORD PRIN' s
! -arrr[arv b, NJ, THOMAS
| 50lIcitVr Genera! EDWARD L. BARTLEL4
! Auditor TRINIDAD ALARin
| Trra.,Icr ANTONIO OETIZ Y SALAzAF
| idiutant ;euerai ... L. v, WYNkoJP
JUDICIARY.
| chief justice supreme Court. .... T. V. LONG
issucIatc Justice LIST district W H. WHlTEMAN
,ssncNtp Justice I'd district. ID. LIFE
associate Justice 81 district. J. X: MCFi.
Presiding Justice Attn district ....... T. V. LONG
9 g District Attorney &C.,. ........ L. A. FlskE
, : NatshaI TRINIDAD ROMERO
Ierk supreme Court ....SUMMERs BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
H. : Surveyor General :. EDWARD +. HOBART
J. S. Land Register....-, A. l.. MORRISON
Receivcr Public Moneys. ......WM. NJ. BERGER
U. ). ARMY.
commander at f. Marcy, Col. Henry DOUGLASS
Aijutant ....,....- .llFI : /. oEf ~ IN
'luartermaster. ........ LETT. iLG MMEh
lcc'y Bureau OF Immigration .-.,,, Ak Eros
&. S. Int Rev Collector .... .J.P. ACGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith OF
1t. Francis is tic capital OF New Mexico,
.rade 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 1898 he found Santa
Re tiourlshng Pueblo village. The his
tory OF its first European settlement was
Iost with most of the early records of the
territory, by the destruction OF all the
trchives in 1850; but the earliest men
ton of it shows it then to have been the
apital 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 Ee 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 tle permanent cure of pull
monarv complaints, as hundreds will be
witness, } and by travelling from point to
Joint almost any desired temperature
NAV be enjoyed. The altitude Of some of
the principal points in the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,041; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
uuerque, 4,9l9; Socorro, 1853; 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,
1879 degrees; 1875, 1876 degrees; 1876,
1871; 1877, 1873; 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, Is; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles: from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
uneroue, So miles; from Deming, 316
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, l,O32 miles; from San Fran
cisco PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument IN The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 1913 feet above the
level of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
70 .66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (where the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is u ,O45 feet high the divide
CTes,,oue roadD iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4SO !;
Ciepeguilla (west), 6,025; La Balada.
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,6OS; Old Placers,
{. sol; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 ,5S4 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 Otermin
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other III 1928.
Church of San Miguel. directed IN the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1880; rebuilt by order OF
''The Marques de la Penuela, in the
year ITO. A.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
Tie ancient cathedrals walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building. The ole
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a strategic military point by
the Pueblo Indians when they revoltoC
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove ou
the enemy after besieging the city fol
nine DAYS. The American army undel
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy IL
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
risoned by three companies OF the lott
U. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, J. F. Stretch and
Dugpan. and here at 8 a. m. daily occur
guard mounting, feature OF mllltar.
maneuverlng ever OF interest to the tourist
Other points of interest to the tours
are: The Historical Society's rooms; tn
"Garita, % the military quarter; chapel ant
cemetery OF Our Lady Of the Rosary; tn
church museum at the new cathedral, tn
archbishop's gardens; church Of our Gu
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old work
of art; the soldiers monument, monu
rnent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, III
Carson, erected by the G. A. R. OF New
Mexico; st. Vincent hospital, conducts
by Sisters of Charity, and the Orphans
industrial school; the Indian trainin
school .Loreto Academy and the chape
; OF Our Lady Of Light. 49,.
The sight-seer here may also Jake
vehicle and enjoy days outing VIII
both pleasure and profit. The variou