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SANTA FE 



Governor Felipe established a presidio (mili- 

 tary post) here in 1782. It was incorporated as 

 a city about 1850. In 1915 the commission 

 form of government was adopted. The water 

 system is owned by the municipality. C.M.G. 



SAN'TA CLAUS, klawz, the children's favor- 

 ite name for good Saint Nicholas (see NICHO- 

 LAS, SAINT). 



SANTA CRUZ, sahn'ta krooz, CAL., the 

 county seat of Santa Cruz County, is a health 

 and pleasure resort on the west coast of the 

 state, eighty miles by rail southeast of San 

 Francisco. It is located at the mouth of the 

 San Lorenzo River and on the north shore of 

 Monterey Bay, and is served by the Southern 

 Pacific and Ocean Shore railroads and by sev- 

 eral steamboat lines. The area of the city is 

 nine square miles. In 1910 the population was 

 11,146; it was 14,594 (Federal estimate) in 

 1916. 



The city is situated on a slope rising gradu- 

 ally from the bay to hills north of the city, and 

 among its attractions are an excellent beach, 

 drives along the cliffs, and Sequoia Park, a 

 celebrated forest of giant redwoods a few miles 

 away. Santa Cruz has a city park of 200 acres, 

 a hall of records, a courthouse, city hall and 

 public library. The chief manufactures are 

 gunpowder, lime, cement, asphalt, glue, leather 

 and wood products. Fruit growing is the lead- 

 ing industry of the surrounding country. Santa 

 Cruz Mission was founded here in 1791. The 

 city was incorporated in 1876, and has adopted 

 the commission plan of government. 



SANTA FE, sahn'la jay, capital of the Ar- 

 gentine province of Santa Fe, is situated on a 

 channel of the Parana River, not far from the 

 mouth of the Salado, and about 300 miles 

 northwest of Buenos Aires. It is an important 

 railway center, having connections with Ro- 

 sario, Cordoba and Tucuman. The city is mod- 

 ern in appearance and possesses a Jesuit col- 

 lege, a university, substantial government 

 buildings and a catlir.li.il. Shipbuilding is an 

 important industry, and there is a prosperous 

 export trade in wool, lumber ami cattle. Popu- 



n in 1914 (including suburbs), estim 

 48,600. 



SANTA FE, san'ta jay, N. M., state capital 

 and county seat of Santa Fe County, situated 

 at an altitude of 7,000 feet at the base of the 

 Sangre de Cristo Rant north-central 



part of the state. It is entered by a branch line 

 of the Atchison, Topeka A Santa Fe from 

 Lamy, eighteen miles southeast, and by the 

 Denver <& Rio Grande and the New Mexico 



Central railroads. Las Vegas is eighty-three 

 miles east by rail, and Albuquerque is eighty- 

 six miles southwest. The population, among 

 which are many Mexicans, was 5,072 in 1910. 



With the exception of Saint Augustine, Fla., 

 Santa Fe is the oldest European settlement 

 within the present limits of the United States. 

 It was founded by Spaniards in 1606. The 

 site is said to be that of a prehistoric Indian 

 pueblo. In the vicinity, in Pajarito Park, aro 

 remains of cliff, cave and communal dwellings. 

 The oldest streets are narrow and crooked, bor- 

 dered by one-story adobe houses. In the center 

 of the town is the Plaza. Facing it on the 

 north is a building called the "Palace," an old 

 adobe one-story structure a block in length, 

 built early in the seventeenth century. It was 

 the home of Spanish, Mexican and United 

 States governors until 1909. While governor of 

 the territory (1878-1881), General Lew Wallace 

 finished writing Ben HUT in the "Palace." The 

 building now contains the historical museum of 

 the Historical Society of New Mexico, the 

 School of American Archaeology and the New 

 .Mexico Museum of Archaeology. 



Other features of interest are San Miguel 

 Church (like the "Palace," an important relic 

 of the Spanish era), the Cathedral of San Fran- 

 cisco, the Rosario Chapel, ruined earthworks 

 of Fort Marcy, north of the city, ruins of the 

 Garita, once a Spanish fort, and long the site 

 of a cemetery, the national cemetery, and an 

 old adobe house said to be the oldest dwelling 

 house in America. The prominent modern 

 buildings of the city are the state capitol of 

 brick and stone, completed in 1900 at a cost 

 of $200,000, the Federal building, county court- 

 house and the Scottish Rite Masonic Cathedral 

 The city also contains the state penitentiary. 



Santa Fe is mainly a residential town, with 

 religious and educational interests. There are a 

 number of modern churches and Saint Mi- 

 chael's College, tin- Loretto Convent, Allison 

 -ion School. M ues Mission School, 



school for the deaf and dumb, the government 

 i Saint Catherine's Indian schools and the 

 School of Amerie ology, which con- 



ducts a summer school for research among pre- 

 historic Indian ruins. Santa Fc contains tin 

 state library and a city library, and has a num- 

 ber of hospitals And sanitariums treating a 1 

 number of patients who UP 1 1>\ th< 



fine climate. 



The old Santa Fe trail from Independence, 

 Mo., to Santa Fe, N. M., established early in 

 thr nineteenth century, was an important t 



