Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-05
ROSWELL DISTRICT
EDUCATIONAL.

hoceiVer.......... .-...""....."... Frank Lesne
EDUCATIONAL.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor Il Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves
Prof. ?. :. Schneider
Supt. OF Public1nstruction... ..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-.
yious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but 1t was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant In tho United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traific over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANrArE.
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 spur of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. 1t lies in the
NOhpSA Va WIG valley Nv tuo Vi u plCIul-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having It's rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation 10 6,8G8 feet. Its
populatinn Is I, $50. 1t has good schools and
churches. There u an excellent system of
water works. Tho city il lighted with gas
and electricity. It has more points of his
toric 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
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record2
ruBLIo 1NsrIrurroNs.
Among the more important public insti-
tutons located here, in spacious and attrsc.
tive modern buildings, arc the o. .. court
and federal offics building, the territorial
capitol St. Vincent's sanitsrium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
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 homo missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis
eopsl, 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 first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
situations for the benefit Of health.seekers.
HHouRca.
Santa Fe county has an area OF 1895, 900
acres and population Of 1000. The prin.
cipsl occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
Tho valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand never
failing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion Of the county
mining forms the principal industry, the
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, cop
per and gold, in veins as well as in the form
OF plaCcr ROlu, at OeTTlllOb, new GlaCeTS
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAHITARIUA.
But it is 10 Santa FEES superior climatic
and Its fame IS natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
tion and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of q climate curative Of
are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
bility of temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, If possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occlra-
ton iaay be hsd, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ
Ism is about 1900 meters" somewhat more
Than $500 feet.