Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-02
SAINT FE.
A Few Facts for the General Inform a
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting The

A Paw Facts for the General Inform a
ton Of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting The
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIR ECTnRF
TERRITORIAL
Delegate In Congress .,- ASrH.ET 2 oo,.,Ff
Governor ..-h' oH"nFH ~ 49,, -,
secretary .... ...-.. D. pi, AuD"' -
Sohcitor General. ..EDwttD |" baETL ,:i;
Auditor TRINIDAD ALAHI
fTr'.asIrer ANTONIO ORTIZ oALAHAh
Ad%Itsnt Camera 4. W. WYNKo0I
sec'y Bureau Of immigration ... MAX Fhosi
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice Supreme Court ~ v. LoN9
Associate Justice list district W. H WHlTEs y
Associate Justice I'd district w. " Ihh
Associate Justice 81 district - Il; mCrlh
Presiding Justice Attn district r. '. i.oNn
u. ). District Attorney, H. a rlnh f
Z. ;. Marshal. lRlNlDhp NV ~
,jnru lunrnnc Court SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
II, 8. Surveyor General. .... EDWARD F. HOBART
u, $. Land Regisrer......,.. 4. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys .......WM NJ. BERGER
U. ). ARMY.
commander at TT. Marcy, Col HENRY DOUGLASS
Adhlfnut ......... LIEUT.. s. \ 5EYBrRN
...... LIEUT.. PLuMMER
pisbuTsing O. NJ .. Capt. ]. W, aummerhayes.
Il. &. Int. Rev Collector ......... up McGRoBTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city OF the Holy Faith OF
81 Francis, is the capital of New Mexico
trade center, sanitary. archeplscopal
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 a fiourlshing Pueblo village. The his
torv 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
capitaI 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 its celebrity.
THE CLIMATE
of New Mexico is considered the finest on
the continent. The high altitude in
sures drvuess and purity especially
a,apted to tie permanent cure OF pull
monarv complaints, as hundreds Will be
Witness and by travelling from point to
ooint 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, 7,455; Glorleta,
! .5S7; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452;
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,7O4; Albu-
49lS, Socorro, 4,655; Las
Cruces, 1874; Silver City, 5,946; IT.
$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,
48,l: 1877, 4o.3; 1873, 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, %; Minnesota, IA, South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsinidad 2l6 miles; from Albu-
oueroue. s5 miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, | ,2S1 miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base of the monument in Uhe
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
tbe right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
ifs source), is II ,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuoue road iii; Aqua Frla, t, 4oo;
CienegliIla west, 6,O25; La Balada,
1914; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandla mountains
(highest point, lO,6OS; Old ilaoers,
&. 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
the ancient city: i,
The Adobe Palace, north side OF the
plaza, has been occupied as an executive
mansion since 1880, the first governor anc
captain general $50 lar as the data at
hand rev .als) being Juan de Otermm
The Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
triumphant marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution of 1850; rebuilt by order OF
''rhe Marques de la Penuela, IN the
year l7l0.
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 a grand mod.
ern stone structure is building. The old
cathedral was erected in 1861.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as a 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
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
risoned By three companies OF the 10th
u, S, infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barrett, J. F. Stretch and
Dupgan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military
maneuyerlng ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of rterest to the tourist