20 Department Circular 2W, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



who wish to enter the stock business there would have to feed or 

 look for winter range in the lower country outside the Forest. 



Important as are the economic resources and watershed value of 

 the Santa Fe Xational Forest, it is more widely known for its cliff 

 dwellings and other ancient ruins and because of its popularity as a 

 summer resort. The archaeological interest of the region centers 

 largely in the cliff dwellings and community houses of the Jemez 

 division, but its best known historical monuments are found in the 

 ancient city of Santa Fe, which was once the capital of the Spanish 

 Province of New Mexico and famous in American history as the 

 terminal of the Santa Fe Trail. 



On the Jemez division three areas, containing in all 22,075 acres, 

 have been set aside as the Bandelier Xational Monument because of 

 the large number of important cliff dwellings and other ruins found 

 there. These areas contain probably the most extensive and most 

 important archaeological ruins in the whole United States, and be- 

 cause of the ease with which they can be reached by automobile 

 they are becoming more popular each year. Best known and largest 

 among these are the ruins in the Rito de los Frijoles, 35 miles over 

 a fair mountain road from Santa Fe. The Otowi and Tsankawi 

 ruins attract many visitors, as do also the painted caves and stone 

 lions. The two latter, however, can be reached only by horseback 

 trails from the Rito de los Frijoles, where there is a small hotel for 

 the accommodation of those who wish to extend their archaeological 

 explorations over more than one day. 



The principal development of the recreational resources of the 

 forest has taken place on the headwaters of the Pecos River on the 

 Pecos division, a region of unsurpassed mountain scenery. Here 

 are found several hotels for the accommodation of tourists and the 

 excellent fishing and the delightful summer climate and scenery 

 are attracting a growing colony of summer cottagers. An excel- 

 lent road leads into the upper Pecos River region, and already 

 numerous cottages have been built under Forest Service permits, 

 and additional ones are being built each year. Several communities 

 from eastern Xew Mexico and the panhandle of Texas are finding 

 the upper Pecos a desirable place for the development of munici- 

 pal camp grounds. There is a growing appreciation of the ad- 

 vantages offered by the Xational P'orests to travelers, sportsmen, and 

 seekers after health, and this region is rapidly developing as a 

 playground. 



The Pecos and Jemez country is the oldest settled region in the 

 United States, and most of the limited areas within the Forest which 

 are chiefly valuable for agriculture were appropriated long before 

 the creation of the Forest. Almost the entire remainder has been 

 listed to settlers in 368 tracts under the forest homestead act. 



