Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-10
T1R11Top1AL BoARD OF EDUCATION,


Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof. Hiram
Prof. P. J. Schneider,
6upt. of Pnblic Instruction. .Amado Chaves
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of St.
Francis, is the capital Of New Mexico, trade
center, sanitarium and Archepscopal 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
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In 1854
came the first venturesonle 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 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 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 pictlr.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the pecos
National Park, and through which runs tho
Rio Santa Fe beautiful mountain stream
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6,s68 feet. Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There Is an excellent system of
and electricity. 1t has more points of his
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Lanl 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 fruit 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
barracks, St. Michaeps 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
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
gregational churches, the governors ralace
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
situations for the benefit of health-seekers.
Santa Fe county las an area Of LAOS, 900
acres and population Of 5000. The prin.
cipal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted t.
horticulture and there is ~ hand never
falling 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 we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillus, New Pacers
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANrrAR1pM.
But it il 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.
The requisites of a climate curative Of
consumption, are, according TO the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa.
bility Of temperature. light and sunshine,
and porous soil. Moreover, If possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
snc attractive, where variety and occars.
tion l,ay be had, and the social advantages
ere good.
An eminent German authority says: 1.-THE
sltitude most favorable to the human organ.
tsm is about 1000 netsrs." somewhat more
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