Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-20
ATTRACTIONS HISTORIC AND MODERN.
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,

TnRrroR1AL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor L Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley, Elias 8. Slower, Amado Chaves
Prof P. ;. Schneider,
supt of Pnblic Instruction ..Amado Chavcs
HNroR1cAL.
Santa Fe, the city of the Holy Faith of St.
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 10th 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 1906, it is there.
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still extant in the United States. In Ia04
came the first venturesome American trader
the forerunner of the great line of mer-
chants who have made tratli G over the Santa
70 trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF sANTArE.
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 pi,tur.
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
mountains. Its elevation is 6,s6S 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
toric interest than 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
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 recordP
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
Among tho more important public insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal Office building, tbs territorial,
capitol, st. Vincent's ssnitarium, territorial
penitentiary, New Mexico orphans training
school, st. Vincent's charity hospital, e. 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.
the archepiscopal residence of Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many Others, including first.class hotel
accommodations and several sanitary in.
gtitutions for the benefit Of healtl-seekers.
REsouscEs.
Santa Fs county has an area OF l,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 u hand q 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 well as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
lDolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
~ noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAH1rARrux.
But 1t IL to Santa FEES superior climatic
advantages, and Its fame as natures most
potent healing power as cure for consump-
ton and other pulmonary diseasethat Santa
Fs 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 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
and attractive, where variety and occara-
ton l,ay be had, and the social advantages
srs good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
ism 10 about 1900 mstsrs," somsvhat mors
han 5oe fsek