Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-03-01

4 Few Facts for the General Informa-
ton of Tourists and Sight
Seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

JOblSlhhi'
Chief Justice Supreme Court .... E.N. Lone
Associate Justice LIST district W. II. WHlTGMA ~
Associate Justice I'd district. ..... ". II. Lea
Associate Justice Sd district ..-.... j. K. MCfIt
Presiding Justice 4th district ..- f V. lose
o. s. District Attorney ....... ....- +. a. fISkE
Z. S. Marshal ... ..... TRINIDAD knNEHO
CLERK Supreme Court ... SUMMERS BURKHANT
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U. S. Surveyor General. 49,. EDWARD F. HoH'E1
u. S Land Register. \. H. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. WIN, NJ. BEEGEh
U. ARMY.
Commander at Ft. Marcy, Col Henry DOUGLAS,
Adutsnt ....,..... LIEUT. >. \ SEfHl ~
tWarcrmaster ....... LIEUT. PLuMME"
Z. s. Int Rev. Collector ........ up. MCGRoRTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy FAITH OF
st. Francis, is the capital of New MeXiro
trade center, sanitary, arrhepsropnl
see, and also the military headquarters
} II is the oldest seat of civil and religious
government on American soil. When
CabeHa de Baca penetrated the valley OF
the Rio Grande in 1898 he found Santa
Fe a hourlshing 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 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
slres dryness and purity especially
adapted to tie 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, 400; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, BernalilIo 5,7O4 Albu-
uueruue, 4,9lS; Socorro, 1865; Las
Cruces, 3,844; Silver City, 5,946; #.
Stanton, $500. The mean temperature
at the government station at Santa Fe,
for the wears named was as follows 1874,
4S.9 degrees; 1873, 1876 degrees; 1876,
ISL: 1877, 1873; 1873, 41.6. 1879, 500;
1850, 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, + and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
S69 miles; from Denver, 33S miles;
from Trsnidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueruue, So miles; from Deming, 3l6
miles from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
ANGELES, l,032 miles: from San Fran
,sco, PSI miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument IN Tie
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,
II ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wf IRE the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide
(Tesuuue road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,lSU;
Cienegulla (west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of :
Pena Blanca, 5,225; Sandia mountains
(highest point, l0,60S Old Placers,
6,SOl; Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5 1874 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 rev .als) being Juan de Otermin
The Paza-Onate and De Vargas made =
marches over this beautiful
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1888.
Church of San Miguel in the
10Th century destroyed during the Pueblo
revolution Of 1850; 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.
Tie ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ually crumbling and instead grand mod
ern stone structure is building The old
cathedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
and used as strategic military point by
the Puen.o Indians when they revoltcd
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
the enemy after hesieging the city for
nine days. The American army under !
Kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
1916.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
rsoned ~ three companies OF the 10th
U. s. infantry, under command OF Cap
tains Gregory Barret, j F. Stretch and =
Duggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
guard mounting, feature OF military -
of interest to the tourist
Other points of irterest to the tourist &C
are: The Historical Society's rooms the Y
''Garita, the military quarter chapel and 4
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary the \
church museum at the new cathedral, the Y
srchbishops gardens church of our Our >,
Lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works Y
of art; the soldiers monument, monu- =
1oent to the Pioneer Path Finder, Kit 4
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 a ;
Vehicle and enjoy a days outing with
both pleasure and profit. The various
spots OF interest to be visited are Tesuque
pueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Monum. mt rock, up in picturesque Santa
Fe canon; the Aztec mineral springs; 4
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the
TURQUOISE mines; place of the assassina-
tion of Governor Perez; San lldefonso
nueblo, or the ancient cliff dwellers, be-
vond the Rio Grande.
THE CITY or SANTA FE
is making steady modern growth; has