Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-28

Santa Fe, the city Of the Holy Faith OF st
Francis, is the cspital 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-gs- p'ho-ge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. The Spanish town
Of Santa Fe was founded ia 1906, it is tn ere
fore the second Oldest European settlement
etill extant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
tho forerunner Of the great line Of rnar-
chants who have made traffic over the sx..
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shel.
tered from the northern winds by 81 If Of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. It 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 beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range Of
mountains. lts elevation 10 {, SG0 feet. Its
populatinn Is 1850 1t has good schools and
churches. There Il 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 placs 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 frat tree was planted in the Santa Fs
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
rUBLlo INSTITUTIONS.
Among the moro important public lnsti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the U. 8. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, st. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary. New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, q. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
Tial 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
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis-
cepal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con.
gregational churches, the governors palace,
The erchepiscopal 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.
REsouscEs.
esnta Fe county has an area Of 1880
acres and q population of 5000. The prin.
cipsl occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tic raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
Tbs valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is u hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the routhern 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
(Doiores), Golden and San Pedro being just
" noted for their richness.
TIE vo2LD's sAErrARIuN.
But it is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary disease that Santa
Fe bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the city's location.
Tho requisites OF q climate curative Of
consumption, are, according to the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
b!lity of temperature, light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
these must be sought in localities interestin9
end attractive, where variety and occapa-
ton lay be had, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: "The
eltitnde most favorable to the human organ.
tsm Is about 1900 nlsters." somswhat more
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