Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-03-21
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION

IRRATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION,
Governor l. Bradford Prince, Prof Hiram
Hadley. Elias s. Slower, Amado Chavss.
Prof P. ). Schneider,
6upt. OF ablic Instruction. ,.Amado Cbaves
HISTORICAL.
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-.
vious 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 1905, it is there
fore the second Oldest European settlement
still o1tant in the United States. In lS4
came the first venturesone American trader
the forerunner of the great line of nler-
chants who have made traiii C over the Santa
Fe trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA FE.
The city lies in a charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is shel.
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 picttr-
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Peros
National Park, and through which runs ths
Rio Santa Fe, beautiful mountain stream,
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 6.s6S feet. Its
populatinp is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There Is 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. 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
compete with any other locality. Since the
first frait 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 insti.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrao.
tive modern buildings, are the U. s. court
and federal Office building, the territorial
capitol, St. Vincents 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
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 Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapsle
and many Others, including first-cass hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
situations for the benefit of health-seekers.
REsouacEs.
Santa Fs county has An area OF l,49S,000
acres and a population of 5000. 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 a. hand 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
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
ly noted for their richness.
THE WORLDS sAErrARIuM.
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 disease that Santa
Fs bases its great future upon. The highest
American medical authorities concede the
superior advantages of the cjty'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 occira.
.ion l,ay be had, and the social advantages
are good.
An eminent German authority says 1.-THE
sltitmde most favorable to the human organ.
lem 10 about 1000 metsrs." somewhat mors
han e,500 faek