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Timeline of these Spanish missions
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Mission Socorro
http://visitelpasomissiontrail.com/ The present Socorro Mission was constructed c. 1840 to replace an earlier 18th-century mission destroyed in 1829 by flooding of the Rio Grande. -
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Mission Espada
https://www.missionsanfranciscodelaespada.org/ This was the 1st mission founded in Texas. -
Mission San Antonio de Valero
https://www.thealamo.org/ Native Americans used all-natural materials, such as stone, timber, mud brick, adobe and tile to build this mission. -
Mission la Bahia
https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/goliad This mission was the 1st large cattle ranch in Texas -
Mission Concepcion
https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/concepcion.htm Religious images and icons were created all over and can still be seen today. -
Mission San Juan Capistrano
https://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjuan.htm Mission San Juan Capistrano is one of three missions that was moved from East Texas in 1731. -
Mission Santa Cruz and Presidio San Luis
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/travelspanishmissions/mission-santa-cruz-de-san-saba-and-presidio-san-luis-de-las-amarillas.htm It was the only mission in Texas to be completely destroyed by Native Americans. -
Mission San Jose
https://www.missionsanjosechurch.org/ More than 100 adobe buildings were constructed, thousands of cattle, sheep and horses grazed on its land, and acres of wheat were cultivated.
