The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . m 5,500 to7,500 feet above sea level. Doubtless this circumstancetogether with the fertility of the soil, excellence of the water,plentitude of timber and the many marked manifestations ofdeposits of gold and silver bearing mineral a few miles south,prompted the intrepid Spanish explorers to locate a per-manent colony and mission at Santa Fe, or the City of the HolyFaith of St. Francis, as early as 1603. The^wisdom for the selection has been well demonstratedduring nearly four centuries that hav
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . m 5,500 to7,500 feet above sea level. Doubtless this circumstancetogether with the fertility of the soil, excellence of the water,plentitude of timber and the many marked manifestations ofdeposits of gold and silver bearing mineral a few miles south,prompted the intrepid Spanish explorers to locate a per-manent colony and mission at Santa Fe, or the City of the HolyFaith of St. Francis, as early as 1603. The^wisdom for the selection has been well demonstratedduring nearly four centuries that have since melted into thepast. With the exception of the twelve years following thebloody and transiently successful revolt of the Pueblo Indiansin 1680, Santa Fe has ever since been recognized as one of themost important outposts of civilization and commerce in thesouthwestern country, being continuously the political,ecclesiastical and military capital of this region under bothSpanish and Mexican rule, and though it has since seen thefrontier line of the United States carried thousands of miles. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 255 out into the Pacific Ocean, it still maintains its supremacy asthe Capital City of New Mexico, the county seat of Santa Fecounty, and the most delightful residence city in the Rockymountains. There are about 500,000 acres of public land subject toentry under the homestead and desert land laws and 557,000acres more are included in Spanish and Mexican grants. Itmay be added further that the county affords about 470,000acres of good grazing land partly covered with timber andabout 500,000 acres are arable land, 200,000 acres of whichcould be irrigated. In the absence of exact data, the landactually under cultivation by means of irrigation is conser-vatively estimated at 10,000 acres, while 5,000 acres more areyearly planted to crops subject to chances of enough rain inthe growingseason to mature them. Wherever the valley andmesa lands have been brought under the m
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