Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-07-28

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-
yious 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 1904
came the first venturesone American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made traffic over the Sants
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA Re.
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. It lies in tho
center Of the valley at the mouth of pictur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
Rio Santa Fe, o beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in thu Santa Fe range Of
mountains. Its elevation is 6,868 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 chan 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
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 inEti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the o. 8. court
and federal ofice building, the territorial
capitol, st. vincent's ssnitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincents charity hospital, q. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial 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, Now Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis-
gregational churches, the governors palace,
Tho archepiscopal residence of Archbishop J.
B. Balpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapells
and many Others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
stitutons for the benefit Of health.seekers.
Santa Fe county has An area Of 1,49s, 00e
acres and population of 1000. 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 1t hand q 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
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sANTrARrUM.
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 diseasethat Santa
Re bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the city's location.
The requisites Of climate curative Of
consumption, are, according 10 the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility of temperature, light and sunshine,
and q porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occarar
lion l,sy be had, and the social advantages
Grs good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
pm Il about 1000 mstsss," somewhat moeo
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