Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-18
AT THE GATEWAY OF THE NATIONAL PARK.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor Il Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Hadley, Elias S. Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. J. Schneider,
Supt. 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-
vious to the 18th century. Its name was
O-ga-pho-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
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 a 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 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
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
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 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
envy, Presbyterian home missions industrial
school for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, 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 ].
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first,class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,49S,0
acres and population of 16,o1o. The prin
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing
The 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 placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANIrARIUM.
But it is TO Santa Fes superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures mos
potent healing power as cure for consump'
ton and other pulmonary disease that SAINTS
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede thu
superior advantages of the city's location.
eo nSs are according to the bes
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 occapa
ton Lazy be had, and the social advantage
are good.
An eminent German authority says 9TH,
altitude most favorable to the human organ
lem !, about 1000 meters" somewhat NOR
Than $500 feet.