Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-04-20

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION
Governor Il Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. !. Schneider,
Supt of Public Instructon..... Amado Chayes
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-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Cor0nado's time. The Spanish town
of Santa Fe was founded in 1905, 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 traffic over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANTAFE.
The city lies in 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
center of the valley at the mouth ola pctur-
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 6,S6S feet. Its
populatnn 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
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 Fee or vicinity
will produce more than can he produced
anywhere else in the world. Our markets
are close at hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Since the
first frat 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. cour
and federal office building, the territorial
capitol, st. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincent's charity hospital, U. s
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial institute for Indian girls, st. Catherin,
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 duml
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Eps
copa, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
gregational churches, the governors palace
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop
! B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapel
. and many others, including first-class hote
accommodations, and several sanitary in
situations for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,49S0O
acres and population of 1000. The prir
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted t
horticulture and there is at hand neve
failing market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the count
mining forms the principal industry, til
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, col
per and gold, in veins as well as in the forr
Dolores) Golden and San Pedro being jus
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARIUM.
But it is to Santa Fes superior climati
advantages, and its fame as natures mo
potent healing power as cure for consuml
ton and other pulmonary disease that San
Fe bases its great future upon. The highe
American medical authorities concede Il
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of climate curative
consumption, are, according to the be
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, ecu
bilty of temperature, light and sunshin
and porous soil, Moreover, if possibol
and attractive, where variety and occar
lion Lay be had, and the social advantag
are good. NM,
An eminent German authority says: "Tl
altitude most favorable to the human orga
lem is about 1900 meters" somewhat mo
Shan $500 feet.