Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-24

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center, sanitarium and Archepiscopal sea-
An Indian Pueblo had existed on the site pre-
vious to tho 18th century. Its name was
O-ga- p'hoge, but it was abandoned
before Coronado's time. Tho 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 venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer.
chants who have made traffic over the SAINTS
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA PE.
The city lies In charming nook o.. che
west side Of the Santa Fe range and is >hel.
low hills which extend from the mountains
west Is far as the Rio Grandc. 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
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having it's rise in tho Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6,S68 feet. Its
populatinn Is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There II an excellent system of
water works. The city is lighted with gas
and electricity. It has more points of his
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Lani 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 ct hand and we can successfully
compete with any other locality. Sine 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 record2
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insd.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao.
tive modern buildings, are the o. 8. court
and federal ofics building, the territorial
capitol. st. Vincent's sanitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, St. Vincent's charity hospital, U. 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, New Mexico deaf and dumb
institute, New West academy, Catholic
cathedral and four parish churches, Epis
copal, Presbyterian, Methodist and Con
EDUCATIONAL churches, the governors ralace,
The archepiscopal residence Of Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. L. Chapells
and many Others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
gttutions for the benefit Of health.seekers.
REsouRcks.
Santa Fe county has IN area Of / ,49s, 00o
acres and a population of 1000. The prin.
dpal occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there Is n hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms tho principal industry, the
large deposits of coal, lead, silver, iron. cop
per and gold, in veins as we'll as in the form
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just
" noted for their richness.
THE WoaLD's aAHTrARIuh.
But It Il 10 Santa Fs's superior climatic
advantages, and it, fame a. 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 climate curative Of
consumption, are. according 10 the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility Of Temperature, light and sunshine
and . porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
thess must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and 0ccara-
ton l,ay be had, and the social advantages
ars good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
lsm 10 about 1900 mstsss." somewhat moce
han est0e foek