Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Santa Fé

SANTA FÉ a city, capital of the State of New Mexico, and county-seat of Santa Fé co.; on Santa Fé creek, and on the Denver and Rio Grande, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé, and the New Mexico Central railroads; 20 miles E. of the Rio Grande, and 275 miles S. by W. of Denver, Col. The city contains a United States Government building, the Capitol built of cream sandstone, court house, the University of New Mexico, St. Michael's College (R. C.), Loretto Academy, New Mexico School for the Deaf and Dumb, schools for Indian boys and girls, the School of American Archæology, penitentiary, Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, St. Vincent's Hospital, etc. There are also waterworks, electric lights, a National bank and daily and several weekly newspapers. The industries consist principally of farming, mining, and stock raising. The climate is very agreeable. In the old city the unpaved streets are narrow, crooked, and ancient looking, and the buildings are nearly all of adobe and one story high. When first visited by the Spaniards, about 1542, the town was a populous pueblo. Pop. (1910) 5,072; (1920) 7,236.