Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-10-08
CIT & OF SAINT a. F7H,-
ATTRACTIONS HISTORIC AND MODERN,
At THE GATEWAY OF THE NATIONAL PARK.
The Worlds Only sanumstastca Tourist uyslA
and Seeker.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF Epuc.TIor


Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hirar
n nadiey' Elias .. Slower, Amado Chave.
Prof. P. J. Schneider,
Supt Of Public Instruction Amado Cbave
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of 81
francs, is the capital of New Mexico. trad
center sanitarium and Archepiscopal see
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the Site pre-
Vlous TO the 18th century. Its name wa
,o-ga- p'ho-ge, but it was abandone,
before Coronado's time The Spanish tow
OF santa Fe was founded in 1875, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In $50
came the first venturesome American trade
the forerunner of the great line of mer
chants who have made traffic over the SAINT;
re trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
| CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on thu
! west SIDE OF the Santa Fe range and is shell
tered from the northern winds bv a spur o
| low hills which extend from the mountain,
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs this
tdo santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6,S6S feet. It's
P,opulatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There Is an excellent system of
water works. The city Is lighted with gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
ttoric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snt 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
nrst fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
frult 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. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincents charity hospital, U. s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
nal institute for Indian girls, st. Catherine
tAN'i''Ai ppgo StuUOl, rOTb BluTCV
barracks, st. Michael's college, Loretto acad.
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis-
copaI, 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 frst-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
for the benefit of health seekers.
RESOURCES
Santa Fe county has an area of LAOS, 900
acres and population of 1601o. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
lie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is a, 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.
Der and gold, in veins as well as in the form
II placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores, Golden and San Pedro being lust.
y noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARIuM.
But it is to Santa Fes superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
'otent healing power as a cure for consump-
ion and other pulmonary disease that Santa
'e 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 10 the best
,edical testimony, altitude dryness, equa-
ility of temperature. light and sunshine,
nd porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
lese must be sought in localities interesting
nd attractive, where variety and occlpa.
on hay be had. and the social advantages
re good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
ltitude most favorable to the human organ
M is about 1900 meters" somewhat mors
han $500 feet