Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-20

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 extant in the United States. In IsJ4
came the 6rst venturesonle American trader
the forsrunner Of the great line of mer.
chants who have made traffic over the ants
Fs trail, worldwide in its celebrity.
CITY OF SANTA Pc.
Tho city lies in charming nook on the
west side of the Santa Fe range and is -hel.
tered from the northern winds by spur of
low hills which extend from the mountains
west as far as the Rio Grande. It lies in the
center of the valley at the mouth of a pctur.
esque canon, the chief entrance to the Pecos
National Park, and through which runs the
having its rise in the Santa Fe range OF
mountains. Its elevation is 1868 feet Its
populatinn is 1850. 1t has good schools and
churches. There u 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 DO
purchased at prices to snit the rich or the
poor. Five acres in Santa Fs 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 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 recordr
PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
Among the more important public instl.
tutions located here, in spacious and attrac-
tive modern buildings, are the o. 8. court
and federal of1cs building, the territorial
capitol. St. Vincents sanitarium, 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 collese, 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.
gregationaf churches, the governors ralace,
the archepiscopal residence OF Archbishop.
B. Salpointe and Bishop P. l.. Chapelle
and many others, including first-class hotel
accommodations, and several sanitary in.
gdtutions for the benefit of health.seekers.
Santa Fe county has an area OF 1,498,00o
acres and population of 1000. The prin.
cipsl occupations are mining, sheep and cat.
tie raising, truck farming and fruit growing.
The valley soils are especially adapted to
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.
per and gold, in veins as we'll as in the form
Of placer gold, at Cerrillos, New Placers
(Dolores), Golden and San Pedro being just
" noted for their richness.
THE wo2LD's sANrTARIUn.
But 1t Is to Santa Fe's superior climatic
advantages, and its fame as natures most
potent healing power as q 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 q climate curative Of
consumption, are. according TO the best
medical testimony, altitude, dryness, equa-
bility of temperature, light and sunshine,
and . porous soil. Moreover, II possible,
these must be sought in localities interesting
and attractive, where variety and occara-
ton l,ay be had, and the social advantages
ore good.
An eminent German authority says: "Ths
altitude most favorable to the human organ.
tsm 10 about 1900 metsRB." somewhat moss
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