Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-26
HISTORICAL.

Prof P. :. Schneider,
supt' OF Public INSTRUCTION. ...Amado Chaves
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of st.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal see.
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-.
vlous to the 10Th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho-Ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
OF Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
lore the second oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesonle American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made trali c over the Santa
re trail, worldwide in its celebrity
CITY OF SANTA FL.
The city lies in a charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shell
tered from the northern winds by n spur of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of pictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
RIO Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is G, 1858 feet. It's
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schoolsand
churches. There IS an excellent system of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
torlc interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
will produce more than can be produced |
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and we can successfully |.
compete with any other locality. Since the |
first fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe |
valley there has been but one failure in the !
ruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti:
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal office building, the territorial
capitol, st. Vincents sanitarium, territorial
pententiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, U. s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
rial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
Indian boys training school, Fort Marcy
barracks st. Michael's college, Loretto acad-
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
New West academy Catholic
and four parish churches Epis
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
gregational churches, the governors palace,
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop.
b. .Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many Others, including frstcass hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1498,O0O
acres and population of 1000. The prin.
,ipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
lie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand never
ailing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, the
arge deposits of COAL lead, silver iron, COD.
per and gold, in veins as well as in the form
If placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being lust. ,
y noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAN1rARlUM.
But it is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
'otent healing power as a cure for consump- 7
ion and other pulmonary disease that Santa 9
20 bases its great future upon. The highest !
American medical authorities concede the !
uperior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative of
consumption, are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa. /
ility of temperature, light and sunshine, t
nd porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
hese must be sought in localities interesting v
nd attractive, where variety and occlpa. e
lon lazy be had, and the social advantages v
re good. v
An eminent German authority says: "The
ltitude most favorable to the human organ t
I'M is about 1000 meters" somewhat more l
han $500 feet, il