Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-08
SAINT FE:.
A Few Facts for the General Informa
ton Of Tourists and Sight
SeerSVisiting the
CAPITAL CITY OF NEW MEXICO.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

AHQltOr TRINIDAD ALAR
Treasurer -.... ANTONIO ORTIZ SALAz4
AdiutaHt General. .............W. ). FLETCH
5ec'y Bureau Of Immigration 49,. MAX Fno
{ JUDICIARY.
- Chief Justice Supreme Court 49,. .JAs O'BRts
4 Associate Justice lst district. W, H. WHlTEa a
Associate Justice I'd district. W. d. LIE
= Associate Justice Sd district ....... j. R. MCFr
Presiding Justice 4th district ....JAs. O'BRIE
q. 5. District Attorney. 90. ..... L. A. FISK
= U. S. Marshal .... TRINIDAD ROMER
Jerk supreme Court ...SUMMERs BURGLAR
LAND DEPARTMENT.
o. S. Surveyor General go. EDWARD f. HoBAR
q. s. Land Register. ........ A. L. MoRRISol
= Receiver Public Moneys ....WM. NJ. BERGEl
U. S. ARMY.
Commander at Fl. Marcy. :. Col. SIMON SNYDEI
Adjutaut .............. LIEUT.. s. !. SRYRJ RI
Discussing q Capt ". summe eGm es
q. g. Int. Rev, Collector ..........J.P McGEoHTY
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of
st. Francis, is the capital of New Mexico.
trade center, sanitary. archepscopal
, see, and also the military headquarters.
1t is the oldest seat of civil and religious
0 government on American soil. When
Cabeza de Baca penetrated the valley of
{ the Rio Grande in 1888 he found Santa
! &c d l. uCDlo NllldSC tllc 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 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 forerunner of the great line of mer-
Oh tto NIh, p,oIa Al
Santa Fe worldwide in its 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 i'll the territory is
as follows: Santa Fe, 7,047; Costilla,
7,774; Terra Amarillo, 1855 Glorieta.
1887; Taos, $3.50; Las Vegas, GASP;
Cimarron, 6,499, Bernalillo, 5,704; Albu-
querque, 4,9lS; Socorro, 4,655; 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, 1876 degrees; 1875,
48.1; 1877, 1873; 1878, AIS. 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, %; Minnesota, IA; South
ern States, 6; and New Mexico, 8. =
DISTANCES.
Santa Fe is distant from Kansas City
from Trsindad, 2l6 miles; from Albu- =
miles; from FL Paso, $40 miles; from Los
Angeles, 1882 miles; from San Fran -
cisco, ,2Sl miles.
ELEVATIONS.
The base OF the monument in The
grand plaza is, according to latest correct
ed measurements, 7,Ul9.5 feet above the
evel of the sea; Bald mountain, toward
he northeast and at the extreme north
ern end of the Santa Fe mountains,
z, 66l feet above sea level Lake Peak, to
he right (wh IRE the Santa Fe creek has
is source, is l2,O45 feet high the divide -
Tesuque road iii; Aqua Fria, 6,4S0;
JieDegllilla (west>, 6,025; La Bajada,
,,5l4 mouth of Santa Fe creek north of -
'ena Blanca), 5,225 Sandia mountains
highest point, 10,60S Old Placers,
sol Los Cerrillos mountains (south), --
1874 feet in height.
POINTS OF INTEREST.
There are some forty various points of --
more or less historic interest in and about
he ancient city:
The Adobe Palace, north side of the
laz8. has been occupied as an executive -
lansion since 1850, the first governor ant
aptain general $50 far as the data at
and rev!als) being Juan de Otermin
lie Plaza-Onate and De Vargas made
marches over this beautiful DO
asis, the one in 1891, the other in 1888.
Church of San Miguel. in the
9th century destroyed during the Pueblo I'll
evolution of 1850; rebuilt by order of
The Marques de la Penuela," in the
ear ITO.
The oldest dwelling house in the
United States is located near San Miguel ID
hurch 1t was built before the Spanish
onquest. --
The ancient cathedral's walls are grad
ally crumbling and instead grand mod
IN stone structure is building. The old
athedral was erected in 1851. -
Old Fort Marcy was first recognized
nd used as strategic military point by
he Pueblo Indians when they revOlted
gainst Spanish rule in 1850 and drove out -
le enemy after besieging the city for
inc days. The American army under
carney constructed old Fort Marcy in -
SAG.
Fort Marcy of the present day ls gar
soned BY three companies OF the 10th
. s. infantry, under command of Cap
ins Gregory Barrett, ]. F. Stretch and -
uggan, and here at 8 a. m. daily occurs
lard mounting, feature of military
aneuvering ever of interest to the tourist.
Other points of interest to the tourist
e: The Historical Society's rooms; the
Garita, the military quarter; chapel and
metery OF Our Lady of the Rosary; the
lurch museum at the new cathedral, the
gardens; church Of our Our
ady of Guadalupe with its rare old works
art; the soldiers monument, monu-
ent to the Pioneer Pathfinder, Kit
arson, erected by the G. A. r. OF New
exico; St. Vincent hospital, conducted :
, Sisters OF Charity, and the Orphans S
dustrial. school; the Indian training s
hool; Loreto Academy and the chapel @
Our Lady Of Light. a
The sght-seer here may also take a
hicle and enjoy days outing with ~
,th pleasure and profit. The various ;
OTIS of interest to be visited are Tesuque
leblo, aking in the divide en- route; +
onum.nt rock, up in picturesque Santa L.
!, canon; the Aztec mineral springs;
ambe pueblo; Aqua Fria village; the Ne,
rquoise mines place of the asssssina-
IN of Governor Perez; San Ildefonso ~.
eblo, or the ancient cliff jewellers, be- ''
nd the Rio Grande. sun
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