Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-29

Francis, is the capital 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-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 e1tant in the United States. In 1904
came the first venturesome American trader
the forsrunner Of the great line Of mer.
chants who have made traffic over the Sants
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA TK.
The city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is slel.
tered from the northern winds by a spur OF
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grsnde. 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 tho Santa Fe range Of
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
toric interest than any other place on the
North American continent. Land may be
purchased at prices to snit tho rich or tho
poor. Five acres in Santa Fe or vicinity
will produce moro 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 record9
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among the more important public insA.
tutions located here In spacious and attrao-
tive modern buildings, are the o. 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, U. 8.
government Indian school, Ramona memo
rial institute for Indian girls, St. Catherine
barracks, st. MichaelI 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 palaces,
the archepiscopal residence Of Archbishop.
B. Salpofnte and Bishop P. L. Chapells
and many others, including first.class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in
stitutions for the benefit of health-seekers.
RESOURCES.
Santa Fe county has an area Of 1,49S,0oe
acres and population of 1000. The prin.
Opal occupations are mining, sheep and cat
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
horticulture and there is u hand never
falling market in the mining camps.
In the southern portion of the county
mining forms the principal industry, the
PEI and gold, in veins as well as in the form
of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being Just.
" noted for their richness.
THE woa1D's sAHrrAR1ux.
But 1t Il to Santa Fss superior climatic
advantages, and its fame a. natures most
potent healing power a. cure for oonsump-
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 q 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,
ehsss must be sought in localities interesting
ard attractive, where variety and oocaps-
Non lay b had, and the social advantages
ars good.
Al eminent German authority says: "The
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
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