Named in honor of one of the gods of the Aztecs, the ancient inhabitants of
Mexico.
Colonized by Spaniards, 1582; Santa Fe being oldest town in United States,
next to St. Augustine; organized 1850.
Area, 122,580 square miles; length eastern boundary, 345 miles; western,
390 miles; average breadth north of 32deg, 335 miles; altitude, 3,000 to
4,000 feet. Number counties, 13.
Temperature at Santa Fe, winter, 27deg to 37deg; summer, 66deg to 70deg.
Rainfall, Fort Marcy, 17 inches.
Santa Fe is capital and principal city; pop., 6,635. Las Vegas, Silver City
and Albuquerque are growing in importance.
But 8 miles railroad in operation in 1878, having increased to 1,140,
January 1, 1884.
Crops abundant wherever water can be obtained, and corn will ripen almost
anywhere; 6,060 square miles irrigable land; number farms, 5,053; corn
crop, 1884, 950,000 bu.; wheat, 930,000 bu.; oats, 252,000 bu. Total
acreage of the Territory, 78,451,200; in farms, 631,131; in forests,
219,224; unoccupied, 77,820,069; proportion woodland area in the farm
lands, 35 per cent. Average value corn, 1884, 68 cents; wheat, 90 cents;
oats, 40 cents.
Salaries Territor'l Officers.
Governor $2,600
Secretary 1,800
Treasurer 1,000
Auditor 1,000
Com'r Immig'n 900
Librarian 600
Chief Justice 3,000
2 Asso. Justices 3,000
Senators, } $4 a day
Representatives } & 20c. mileage.
Col. Int. Rev. 2,500
2 Dep Colls. Int. Rev. 1,200 to 1,700
Surveyor Gen. 2,500
Translator and Chief Clerk 2,000
2 Spec'l Draftsmen 1,500
Clerk 1,500
Messenger 500
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