Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-12-16
A Few Facts for the General lnforma-
ton of Tourists and Sight
seers Visiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL.

Associate Jus c.. 9TH district. .....A. A. Freeman
District Attorney rn,r n; a an risRG
Jerk Supreme Court .... SUMMERS BURKHART
LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. 8. Surveyor General EDWARD F. HOBART
| U. b. Lana Register. ........ ... A. L. MORRISON
Receiver Public Moneys. .......WM. M. BERGER
US. ARMY.
Commander at 1T. Marcy, ... E. Col. SIMON SNYDER
Adjutant .............. LIEUT.. ). I SEYBCRN
Quartermaster. ..............,.LIE LIEUT.. PLUMMER
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.
An Indian pueblo had existed on the
site previous to the 10th century. Its
name was O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it had been
abandoned long before Coronado's time.
The Spanish town of Santa Fe was found
I'd in 1915, it is therefore the second old
est European settlement still extant in
the United States. 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.
lee oA4AAA
OF New Mexico is co CONSIDERED me hnest on
sures dryness and purity Especially
ADAPTED to tae permanent cure of pull
monarv complaints. as hundreds will be
xitness,) and by travelling from point to
ooint almost any desired temperature
may be enjoyed. Inc altltuoe OF some OF
aa faIlows. santa Fe 7.O47. Costilla.
: 774. Terra Amarilla 7455: Glorieta'
7'ha7, Taos q50. Las Vegas. & 452.
Cinar 4so Rernaiillo 7O4. Aim.
s,,arnue ao18. Socorrn 65h. Las
Tr,,cas Q IA :. Silver Citv K q4e. n
Stanton 1 < 300 The mean temperat1re
at +ha government station Of Santa Fe
for the Years named was "a follows :: 1874
$50 degrees. 1873. 4s.6 degrees 1875
All. 1877 483: 1878. 47.6. 1879. BOG:
1850 ARe. which shows ,.n extraordinarv
uniformity For tubercular diseases the
death rate in New Mexico is the lowest in
tho rnion the ratio heing as foIlowa.
New England. 25: Minnesota. IA: South
ern States, q; and new MEXICO, s.
DISTANCES.
WA.
'' n0 40 '1''e'-S 49, '
Lilies; from Denver, $50 miles;
lrsinidad, 2l6 miles; from Albu-
,e. AZ miles: from Deminp, 316
q from Fl paso. 34O miles from Los
fes. .O32 miles; from San Fran
/ 2s1 miles.
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ELEVATIONS.
base of the monument in The
md plaza ia, according to latest correct
measurements. 7.Ul9. IS feet above the
evel Of the sea Bald mountain, toward
the northeast and at the extreme north
orn and Of the Santa Fe mountains,
p ht,l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
the right (wb IRE the Santa Fe creek has
its so,irce>. ia 10. O45 feet high the divide
Tesuoue road) I'm; Aqua Fria, $3.50;
Cieney,illa (west). 6.O25: La Bajada,
/ h1A month Of Santa Fe creek north of
Pena Blanca). 5.225; Sandia mountains
1hiahest nointl ~ 6lS. Old Placers.
4 s,5l Los Cerrillos mountains (south),
5S4 feet in height.
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POINTS OF INTEREST,"
There are some forty various points of
more or less historic interest in and about
the snc,ant citv.
The adobe palace stands on the spot
where the old Spanish palace had been
ora,ted shortly after IHoh. That ancient
strnct,ra was DESTROYED in 1880 and the
nr NJ. one was CONSTRUCTED between
rfso7 and l71e
The chanel of San Miguel was built be-
tuaan Issb and 1850. in the latter wears
tne Indians DESTROYED il, Fully restored
in III # had previously. and after 1893,
haan tho onlv Spanish chapel "a Santa
Ee IT slil remains the Oldest church in
nsa in Nav Mexlco.
The wal,s of the old cathedral date in
,art from 1922: but the editice proper is
from the past century.
ma Enrt Marcy was first recognized
and ,,sad as a stratey,c military point by
tha pnanio Indians when they reyolteI
against Snanish rule in 1850 and drove out
the anemv after besleglng the city for
nina davs The American army under
kearnay constructed old Fort Marcy in
lsan '''' '0'~
For, Marcy of the present day 1s gar
r,sonad Nv two comuanles of the 10th
II infantry under command of Col.
Snvdar and here at y a. m. daily occurs