Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-04-19
SANTA FE.
A Few Faots for the General Informs-
ton Of Tourists and Sight
seer9Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Governor . '.....,, L. BRADFORD PRIMO
secretary .... ..... B. M. THoMI
solicitor General. .,......E EDWARD L, BARrLEl
Auditor ... ......... TRINIDAD ALARl
| Treasurer ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAZA
AdiutaHt General. ..........,....W. S: FLETcHE
Sec'y Bureau OF immigration. ...., MAX FKo'
JUDICIARY
Chief Justice Supreme Court. JAS. O'BEIE
Associate Justice list district. W, h, WHlTEMA
Associate Justice I'd district. -. 49,. w. ID. LIZ
Associate Justice 81 district. ,,..... ]. R. MCFI
Presiding Justice 4th district JAS. O'BRIE
q. s District Attorney. ...- h. a. FISK
y. s. Marshal 800. TRINIDAD ROMER
Jerk supreme Court E. SUMMERS BuRKHAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
U. 8. surveyor General. 80, EDwARD F. HoBAR
y. 8. Land Register. A. i. MoRRlso,
Receiver Public Moneys. ,.....Wa. NJ. BERGE!
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy, Col. SIMON sNYDEI
Adjutant .-........', LIEUT., y. J. SEYBuRf
6 nsG,fsms'@ef Capt " s summerhayes
U. s. Int Rev. Collector UP. McGEoBrY
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 Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe 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
| AL ho pf
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first venturesome American trader
the iorerunner 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,
IVA; TERRA Amarillo, 7,455; Glorieta,
1857 Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, 6,452
Cimarron, 6,4S9, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, ABS; Socorro, 1865; 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, |
4S.9 degrees; 1875, 4S.6 degrees; 1875, !
4S.l; 1877, 4S.3; 1878, AIS. 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, s; and New Mexico, 3.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
869 miles; from Denver, 1888 miles;
from Trsinidad, PIG miles; from Albu-
oueroue, IS miles; from Deming, 316
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles: from San Fran
cisco, ,2S1 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
u ,66l feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh ,re the Santa Fe creek has
its source, is l2,045 feet high the divide
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, q, 4SO;
Ciepeguilla (west>, 6,025; La Balada,
5,5l4; mouth of Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca), 1925; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
1901; Los Cerrllos mountains isouth),
1884 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
The ancie ut city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
Dlazs, 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
marches over this beautiful
,asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel.-Erected in the :
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo
evolution OF 1880; rebuilt by order OF
The Marques de la Penuela, " in the
year l7l0.
The Oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel
,hurch 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
lally crumbling and instead grand mod
,rn stone structure is building. The old
,athedral was erected in l76l.
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
md used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revolted
against Spanish rule in 1880 and drove out
he enemy after besieging the city for
line DAYS. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in
LS46.
Fort Marcy of the present day Is gar
isoned by three companies OF the 10th
j. S. infantry, under command OF Cap
aims Gregory Barret, j. F. Stretch and
)uggan, and here at a. m. daily occurs
,uard mounting, feature OF military
naneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of Interest to the tourist
IRE; The Historical Society's rooms the
'Garita, " the military quarter chapel and
cemetery of Our Lady of the Rosary the
.hurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church of our Our
adv of Guadalupe with its rare old works
II 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 !
,chool; Loreto Academy and the chapel
# Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
,ehicle and enjoy a days outing with
10Th pleasure and profit; The various
,pots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
3ueblo, aking in the divide en- route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
Re canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Nambe pueblo; Aqua Fris village; the