Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-01
SANTA FE.
A Few Facts for the General Informa-
tlon Of Tourists and Sight
seer@Visiting the
CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

; CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
TERRITORIAL.
Delegate Ia Congress ,......, ANTHONY JOSEPH
Governor ...... l.. BRADFORD PRiNCl
secretary ... .. B. NJ THoM Al
solicitor General. EDWARD L. BAnrLs L.
Auditor .... ........ TRINIDAD ALAkII
Treasurer . ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAz Al
AdjutaHt General ..... ...........W. >: FLETCHEF
Secy Bureau OF Immigration MAX FR"s1
JUDICIARY.
Chief Justice supreme Court JAS. o'BnrEN
Associate Justice list district W. Ii. wHtTEaAN
Associate Justice ID district. W. d. LEE
Associate Justice Sd district J. R. MCFIE
Presiding Justice 4th district. ,.,,,.JAs. 0'BRIEN
| y. s. District Attorney. =, 900. E. A. FIsKE
Z. s. Marshal 80. .... TRINIDAD ROMERO
lerk Supreme Court SUMMERS BURKHAET
LAND DEPARTMENT.
q. s. Surveyor General. EDWARD +. HoBAET
Q. s. Land Register......... A. l.. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......WM N, BERGER
u. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant ............ LIEUT.. 8. \ sEYBrRs
Disburslng q, N Capt. j, W. summerhayes.
.. g. Int Rev Collector .........J.P. McaRoRrY
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 Raca penetrated the valley of
the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
Fe a tiourlshing 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 1880; but the earliest mem
ton of it shows it then to have been the
capital and the center OF commerce,
authority and influence. In 1904 came
the first vent,lresome American trader
the forerunner 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 the 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, 7,455; Glorieta,
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6,489, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querqle, 4,9l8; Socorro, 1855; 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; 1876,
48.1; 1877, 48.3; 1878, 47.6. 1879, 500;
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, 8; and New Mexico, 8.
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
$3.50 miles; from Denver, 33S miles
from Trsinidad, PIG miles from Albu-
querque, IS miles; from Deming, 3l8
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran
cisco, |, 281 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
ern end OF the Santa Fe mountains,
II 1851 feet above sea level; Lake Peak, to
the right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
its source), is l2,045 feet high the divide =
(Tesuque road) iii; Aqua Fria, 6,49O;
Cieneguilla (west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
], 514; mouth of Santa Fe creek (north OF -
Pena Blanca), 5,225; Sandia mountains
highest point, l0,60S; Old Placers,
8 ,S01; 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:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
olazs. has been occupied as an executive -
mansion since 1880, the first governor anc
,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 J
oasis, the one in 1891, the other in 1893.
Church of San Miguel in the
18th century destroyed during the Pueblo @
evolution of 1880; rebuilt by order Of
The Marques de Ia Penuela, in the
year 17l0.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel u
church. 1t was built before the Spanish
conquest. l.
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
tally 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&n 1880 and drove out -
he enemy after besieging the city for
line days. The American army under
kearney constructed old Fort Marcy in -
L846.
Fort Marcy of the present day is gar
.isoned by three companies Of the 10th
D. s. infantry, under command of Cap
aims Gregory Barrett, j. F. Stretch and
Duggan, and here at 9 q. m. daily occurs :
ruard mounting, feature Of military .
naneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of irterest 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 !
lady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
# art; the soldiers monument, monu-
nent TO the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit -
carson, 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
Il Our Lady Of Light.
The sight-seer here may also take
,ehicle aud enjoy a days outing with
10th pleasure and profit. The various
pots Of interest to be visited are Tesuque
,ueblo, Aking in the divide en- route;
Monument rock, up in picturesque Santa
70 canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
Jambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village the
turquoise Mines place Of the assassina- !
ion of Governor Perez; San !ldefonso s