Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-02-22
EDUCATION.


EDUCATIONAL.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor Il Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
nadiey, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prot. 2. !. Schneider,
oupt' OF Public obstruction. .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 IRE.
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 1906, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesone American trader
The forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traiil over the Santa
re trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shell
tered from the northern winds by a spur of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. It 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
Mo Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is {, 1868 feet. Its
populatinn is $50. 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 |
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land NAV 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
nrst fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit 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
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans trimming
school, st. Vincents 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 ].
3. .Salpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapelle
and many others, including first-cass hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
for the benefit of health seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area OF 1903, 900
'cres and population of 5000. 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 i. 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 con.
yer and gold, i'll veins as well as in the form
4 placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores, Golden and San Pedro being Just.
y noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARIuM.
But it is to Santa FEES superior climatic
dvantages, and its FAME as natures most
otent healing power as cure for consump- ,
ion and other pulmonary disease that Santa {
e bases its great future upon. The highest
american medical authorities concede the !
lperor advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative of
assumption, are, according to the best
:edical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa- T
ility of temperature, light and sunshine, t
nd porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
lese must be sought in localities interesting '
oil Lazy be had, and the social advantages '
re good '
An eminent German authority says: "The
titude most favorable to the human organ t
IN il, about 1000 METERS" somewhat more l
IAN $500 feet, Il