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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción del Pueblo de Socorro
The Spanish governor, Antonio de Otermín, along with Fray Francisco Ayeta, established the mission along the south side of the Rio Grande in present-day Mexico, several miles southeast of the Ysleta Mission. -
Mission Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta Sur
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, located just southeast of El Paso, Texas, is the oldest continuously operated parish in the state. The community claims to have the oldest continuously cultivated plot of land in the United States -
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Officially called the Mission San Francisco de la Espada, this mission was originally founded southwest of present-day Weches, Texas in 1690. Along with several others, it served as a buffer against French encroachment from Louisiana. -
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción de Acuña
The mission was one of six authorized by the government to serve as a buffer against the threat of French incursion into Spanish territory from Louisiana. -
Mission San Antonio de Valero – The Alamo
Began as a Catholic mission and compound in 1718, one of many Catholic missions organized as part of the official Spanish plan to Christianize Native Americans and colonize northern New Spain -
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aquayo
Officially called the Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, it was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was founded in 1720 by the famed Father Antonio Margil de Jesús, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas -
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga,
A catholic mission established by the spanish in 1722 near Goliad,TX. -
Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan was a self-sustaining community. Within the compound, Indian artisans produced iron tools, cloth, and prepared hides. Orchards and gardens outside the walls provided melons, pumpkins, grapes, and peppers. Beyond the mission complex, Indian farmers cultivated corn, beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane in irrigated fields. -
Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá
The Presidio of San Saba, located one mile west of Menard, Texas, on the San Saba River, was founded in April 1757 to convert the Lipan Apache Indians to Christianity and to help Spain secure its claim to the territory.
