Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-14
ATTRACTIONS HISTORIC AND MODERN.
AT THE GATEWAY OF THE NATIONAL PARK.
TERRITORIAL Roam or Fnuc.rror

Ahhhl1oRIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Aadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chaves
Prof P. J. Schneider,
eupt. OF Public Instruction .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-.
Tlous to the 18th century. It's 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
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
Re trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA rE.
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
center of the valley at the mouth of a pictur-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, a beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 6,S6S feet. It's
populatinn 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
Five in xvsn; y,t
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 frait 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. 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. 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
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis-
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con-
gregational churches, the governors palace.
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop J.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapelle
and many Others, including first.class hotel
and several sanitary in
for the benefit of health.seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,49S 900
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 a never
lailing 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, cop
per and gold, in veins as well as in the form |
II placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just.
y noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANITARrUN.
But 1t Is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
'otent healing power as cure for consump.
ion and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Te bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
nperior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of a climate curative Of
consumption, are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
'ility of temperature light and sunshine,
nd porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
hese must be sought in localities interesting
nd attractive, where variety and occupa.
lon lay be had, and the social advantages
re good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
ltitude most favorable to the human organ.
I'm Is about 1000 METERS" somewhat more
han 1900 feet