Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-03-07
Rosw ELL DISTRICT
EDUCATIONA

'ei '''''.'' Frank Lesnet
EDUCATIONAL.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.
governor L. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Iph anf Elias 8: Stover Amado Chaves,
Supt. of Public Instruction. .Amado Cbavcs
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-
Vious TO the 18th century. Its 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
lore lore the second Oldest European settlement
stlll eXtant IN the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line Of NOR.
chants who have made traffi c over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY 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 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 pictur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
MO Santa Fe beautiful mountain stream.
having Its rise in the Santa Fe range of
mountains. Its elevation is 6,868 feet. Its
Populatinn IS 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There IS an excellent system If
water works. The city is lighted with Gas
and electricity. 1t has more points of his !
torio interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land NAV 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
nrst fruit tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
lrult crop; What place, what country can
this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings, are the u 8. court
and federal office building, the territorial
capitol, St. Vincents sanitarium, territorial
New Mexico orphans training
school, st, Vincents charity hospital, U. s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
,ial institute for Indian girls, St. Catherine
lndlan boys training school, Fort Marcy :
barracks, st. Michael's college, Loretto acad- !
my, Presbyterian home missions industrial /
chool for girls, New Mexico deaf and dumb a
institute, New West academy, Catholic T
atheedral and four parish churches, Epis- !
opal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con- 7
,regational churches, the governors palace. !
he archepiscopal residence of Archbishop ]. .
5. ,Salpointe and Bishop P l.. Chapelle 7
nd many others, including first.class hotel q
and several sanitary in. T.
titutions for the benefit of health seekers. a
RESOURCES /
Santa Fe county has an area of 1 ,49s 900 {,
'res and population of 16,O10. The prin. Fl
pal occupations are mining, sheep and cat. a
9 raising, truck farming and fruit growing. p
he valley soils are especially adapted to A
orticulture and there Is at hand never A
ling market in the mining camps. A
IN the southern portion of the county
lining forms the principal industry, the 7
rye deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, COD. n
n and gold, in veins as well as in the form n
placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers N
'olores)s Golden and San Pedro being Just.
hOtcu iol tuelT TlClluebS. ~
THE WORLDS sANITARIUM. N
But it is to Santa FEES superior climatic ic
vantages, and its fame As natures most
tent healing power as cure for consump.
IN and other pulmonary disease that Santa 1 1i1
bases its great future upon. The highest D
nerican medical authorities concede the fir
perior advantages of the city's location. Fl
The requisites of climate curative of
assumption, are, according to the best
,dical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa. -,
ity of temperature, light and sunshine, n. m
a porous soil. Moreover, if possible, VII
ase must be sought in localities interesting -,
attractive, where variety and occara. w
II lay be had, and the social advantages ca e..
good. WI
An eminent German authority says: "Ths WI
itlde most favorable to the human organ A.
is about 1000 meters" somewhat more wv
IN $500 feet. IN