Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-06
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EnucAr1or,

Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley. Elias 8, Slower, Amado Chaves,
Prof. P. ;. Schneider.
Supt. of ablic lnstruction....A mado Chaves
HISTORICAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith Of st.
Francis. is the capital Of New Mexico, trade
center, sanirarium and Archepscopal see
Az 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 1904
came the first venturesone American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made traifi 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 ola pictur.
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 1858 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
torc 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 viriuity
will produce more than can he 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 re
valley there has been but one failure in the
fruit crop. What place, what country can
approach this record?
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more importan. public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac.
tive modern buildings. are the U. s. court
and federal otfics building, the territorial
capitol St. Vincent's sanitariup, 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. 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
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
gregational churches, the governors palace
the archepiscopal residence OF ArchbishopJ.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, ncluding first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
REsoUscEs
Santa Fe county las sn area of l,49S,00G
acres and population Of 5000. The prn.
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
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.
Der 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.
THE WORLDS sANrrAR1UH.
But it ia 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 tbs
superior advantages of the citys location,
The requisites of climate curative o
consumption, are. according to the hes
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa
li,vh ~