Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-03-17

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EDUCATIONAL.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor L Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
aadley, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chayes,
Prot. P. :. Schneider,
supt. OF Public Instruction. -. Amado Chsyes
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city Of the HOLY Faith of 81.
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 10Th century. Its name was
O.ga- p'ho-ge but it was abandoned
Deiore Coronado's time. The Spanish town
OF santa Fe was founded In 1905, It Is there
Tore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of tho great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the Santa
70 trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
0rTY 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 q 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 plctur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Peeos
National Park, and through which runs the
kio santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having Its rise In the Santa Fe range Of
mountains. Its elevation Is 6,S8S feet. It's
population IL I, s68 It has good schools and
churches. There {. an excellent system of
water works. The city Is lighted with gas
and electricity. It has more points of his
toric interest than any other place on tho
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
hrst fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
iruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutionH located here, in spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the q. s. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, st. yincents sanitarium, territorial
penltentiary, Now Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincents charity hospital, U. s.
boNSlhhlCht 1HuldU bCLOOls RAMONA meID0-
Ind,an ~ ~. tIuian f'Iiy' 9s. Cstherine
barracks, st. Michael's college, Loretto acad-
envy, fIesoyterian home missions industrial
institnte New VS.. $500 aran anu %a LUMP
cathedral and four parish churches. EMS
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
+ Sleeasl1na: cnurGhes. me governors palace,
a' SsaiImep,sc"pai reS1uehce OF ATchoishopJ.
a. a. oa,ponhse anu 1ishop Z. L. ChaPeile
accom- odst;ons and ..us-ai 'eu;,a, no ;
far anu sevetai sanitary In
iof 'n0 Deae'i' Oh Reimbursement.
HEsoURcss.
s,
oanta re county n" an area OF l'4ss,ooo
acres and q population Of 1000. The prin.
cipal occupation, ara mining sheen and cat.
y. -.,.;ur t-,.,, -. % 60. 80 "nu .A'
W. ia'Sins' "uck farming ana Huit growing
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is at hand a never