Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-10-20
HISTORIC SANTA FE
Story Of the Oldest City on the Amer
lean Continent Replete with
Romantic Interest.
OLD AND NEW BLENDED
Climatic Mecca of America As a Health
Resort It Has No Equal Some
Of Its Many Advantages
Considered.

Santa Fe, the City of the Holy Faith
Of St. Francis, is the capital Of New
Mexico, a commercial center of import
ance, a sanitarium without an equal on
the American continents city com.
bining historic and romantic interest,
with the restless and progressive civili-
cation of the nineteenth century. In
this strong amalgamation of elements,
antique and modern, lies its chief inter-
est from the standpoint of the average
tourist, for nowhere else in the world
has there been such a blending of char
acteristics belonging to two distinct
civilizations, the product of two eras,
separated by hundreds of years, as in
this ancient city Of the Holy Faith.
Other cities there are, which hold fast
to the traditions of by gone ~days-citles
where one seems to breathe the atmos-
phere of the sixteenth century, and into
which the spirit of modernism bias not
entered. In Santa Fe these two ele-
ments stand side by side. 1t is the old
est city in the United States and Cana.
da, and is located in a well sheltered
coy nook at the base OF the Santa
Fe mountain, which is q spur OF
the Sangre de Cristo range of the
Rocky mountains, which forms a shelter
rarely encountered elsewhere on the
north and east, and west by the Wales
mountains, whose crown is not a broken
dragged peak, but of the loyeliest
natural parks extant, traversed by
numerous mountain streams and @rivulets
which r %abundantly stocked with the
gamy, delicious mountain trout; a picnic
ground, whose beauty with all the
conveniences, Is unsurpassed. Here
the invalid and pleasure seeker can
find in season a mountain para
disc, so to speak, affording ample
protection against the deadly blizzard,
which hurls itself in vain against these
mighty barriers of nature. The favor
able climatic conditions existing in the
vicinity of Santa Fe are due largely to
the shelter afforded by these mountains,
and the sweet aroma with which the air
Is charged in early morning, carried by
the gentle breezes from mountain to
valley of natures perfumes which
come from a combination of pine,
spruce, hemlock, balsam, cedar and
pinon nut evergreen forests which
mantle the mountains and foothills,
which also add a strong element of the
picturesque, to a locality always charm.
ing, and rich in the varied touches of
natures own hand work. So lies the
Ancient city, lovingly EMBODIED in the
embrace of her everlasting hills, pro-
tecting her from harsh winds and Sc
we're storms, and presenting an endless
panorama OF beauty and sublimity, a
source of never failing delight even to
the most callous. Proudly they stand,
defying storm and tempest, ever against
the eorroding finger Of time, stretching
with the verdure of spring, in autumn
with purple, red and gold and in winter
rearing theirsnow-capped heads aloftand
respondent with the sheen of myriads
OF diamonds and sapphires, scintillating
and sparkling in the sunlight.
AMONG THE WONDERS OF NATURE
The cloud effects here are among the
wonders of nature, and a source of con.
slant delight to those imbued with a love
of the beautiful. These brilliant pic
lures belong to no particular season, but
may be seen at all times, touched with
such tints as no artist can rival. But it
would require much more space than
has been allotted to this article to do jus.
tIce to the many natural attractions of
Santa Fee. The locality abounds in pic.
turesque charm, enjoyed by no other
section of the United States, while there
are over 80 interesting historical points
in and around the city.
An Indian pueblo stood on the present
! site of Santa Fe previous to tie 18th
cen'uly. ~ was sa,.ee ga .to;
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If'c'ty, enjoys eHceiieh' no'ei anu Vrahs-
t%at m,oats oil raom;ramonts and main.
tains churches and educational institu.
tions second to none in the country.
St. Michael's college, an institution
for boys, under the management of the
Christian Brothers, is a model school OF
its kind in every respect, and enjoys a
large patronage throughout the south
west.
The Sisters Of Loretto manage ali
academy for girls, thoroughly modern in
its equipment, and combining instruc-
ton in the various branches Of useful
knowledge with an Introduction to the
arts and accomplishments Of refined
life.
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