Spanish Mission timeline

By drpepperlover489

  • Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

    Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
    Year of founding:1682
    Founded by the Spanish government for the Tigua Indians fleeing from the Pueblo revolt in New Mexico.
    Fun fact: The location of the mission was poorly chosen. The mission got flooded 3 times by the Rio Grande River.

  • Santísimo Nombre de María

    Year founded: 1690
    Founded to convert the Hasinai (Caddo) Indians.
    Fun fact: It was destroyed by flood in 1692.
    There are no images because nothing significant remains.

  • Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches

    Year founded:1716
    Founded by the Spanish to keep France from coming into Texas.
    Fun fact: about 80 years later, settlers moved into the mission. This began the town of Nacogdoches.
    There are no images for this one because nothing is there but ruins. I couldn't find any pictures on the internet.

  • San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo)

    San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo)
    Year founded: 1718
    Founded to convert many of the Coahuiltecan bands to Catholicism.
    Fun fact: The Battle of the Alamo took place here.

  • San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

    San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
    Year founded:1720
    Founded because Mission San Antonio de Valero had become overcrowded.
    Fun fact: It is the largest mission in Texas.

  • Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia)

    Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia)
    Year founded: 1722
    Founded to convert the local Cocos, Copanes, and Cujanes Indians.
    Fun fact:
    The mission developed into the first large-scale cattle ranch in Texas, with 40,000 cattle at the height of production in about 1778!

  • San Francisco de la Espada

    San Francisco de la Espada
    Year founded:1731
    Built to convert the Nabedache tribe to christianity.
    Fun fact: An aqueduct was built for this mission called Espada Acequia. It is still used today for farming.

  • San Juan Capistrano

    San Juan Capistrano
    Year founded: 1731
    Main supplier of other missions.
    Fun fact: It never prospered due to un-sufficient land.

  • Nuestra Señora del Rosario

    Year founded: 1754
    Founded to convert the Karankawa tribe.
    Fun fact: The mission developed a large ranching system, but in 1781 the livestock was transferred to Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga.
    There are no pictures because it's an archaeological site closed to the public.

  • Santa Cruz de San Sabá

    Santa Cruz de San Sabá
    Year founded: 1757
    Founded to serve the Lipan Apache Indians.
    Fun fact: In March, 1758 it was attacked by 2,000 Comanches, and was destroyed.