Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-07-26
AT THE GATEWAY OF THE NATIONAL PARK.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EpUc.r1or

TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
asdiey, Elias s. Slower, Amado Chayes
Prof. T. !. Schneider,
supt. OF Public Instruction zee. Amado Chaye.
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of st.
Francis, is the capital of New Mexico, trade
center, sanltarium 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 1906, it is there.
lore 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 tratii C over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FEE.
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 of a 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 tho Santa Fe range Of
mountains. Its elevation is 6, 1868 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
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 fralt tree was planted in the Santa Fe
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public inst.
buttons located here, in spacious and attrac-
i've modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
,apitol st. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
'chool, st. Vincent's charity hospital, q, s.
government Indian school, Ramona memo.
'ial institute for Indian girls, St. Catherine
indian 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
institute, New West academy, Catholic
athedral and four parish churches, Epis-
opal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con-
'regational churches, the governors palace,
he archepiscopal residence of Archbishop ],
). Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
nd many others, including first.class hotel
ccommodations, and several sanitary in.
titutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area of 1,49s, 900
ores and a population Of 16,O1o. The prin.
ipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
10 raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
he valley soils are especially adapted to
orticulture and there is at hand never
'iling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
inning forms the principal industry, the
lrge deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron, COP.
er and gold, in veins as well as in the form
placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being lust
noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANIrARIUM.
But it is to Santa FEES superior climatic
lvantages, and its fame as natures most
otent healing power as a cure for consump-
On and other pulmonary disease that Santa .
9 bases its great future upon. The highest
merican medical authorities concede the
Iperior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites of a climate curative of
assumption, are, according to the best
edical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
lily of temperature, light and sunshine,
I'd porous soil. Moreover, if possible,
ese must be sought in localities interesting
ID attractive, where variety and occara.
IN lay be had, and the social advantages
Q good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
titude most favorable to the human organ
N Is about 1000 METERS" somewhat more
an $500 feet