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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Limpia Concepción de Los Piros de Socorro del Sur
The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order, to serve displaced Spaniard families and American Indians (the Piro, Tano, and Jemez) from New Mexico, who fled the central New Mexico region during the Pueblo Revolt. The present Socorro Mission was constructed around 1840 to replace an earlier 18th-century mission destroyed in 1829 by flooding of the Rio Grande. -
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Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (San Francisco de la Espada)
It first opened in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near Nacogdoches. Then, in 1731, it moved to San Francisco and became known as San Francisco de la Espada. The first few years in San Antonio were rough. Apaches raided the mission and stole horses. The next year, the Indians at the mission deserted it. In 1739, an epidemic of smallpox and measles lowered the population. Luckily, in 1745, the population rebounded because of recruits. It is now an archeological site. -
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Mission San Jose de los Nazonis (San Juan Capistrano)
It was founded in 1716 in the area that became northwestern Nacogdoches County ( the Texas Department of Transportation placed a marker designating the location of it 2 1/2 miles north of Cushing. It was then abandoned in 1719 because of French incursion from Louisiana but was then restored in 1721. In 1730, it was moved from its location to the Colorado River near Zilker Park. The following year, with 2 other missions, was moved to San Francisco and reestablished as Mission San Juan Capistrano. -
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Mission Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Ais
This mission was first established in 1717 but then abandoned in 1719 due to the hostilities between Spain and France. In 1722 it was reestablished and Los Adaes is founded nearby. By 1730 3 of the 6 missions that were there moved to San Antonio. With cessation (the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end) of hostilities between Spain and France in 1763, the Spanish government sent Father Solís to inspect the missions. Because of the inspections, the missions were abandoned. -
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Mission San Antonio de Valero (The Alamo)
Mission San Antonio de Valero was founded in 1718. The mission survived 3 moves and lots of setbacks during its early years. In 1724, after a hurricane demolished a lot of the existing buildings, it was moved to a new location on the east bank of the San Antonio River. The mid-century decades witnessed the mission's most successful period. The Indian population climbed to 311 in 1745 and 328 in 1756, then declined. It is now known as The Alamo for the famous battle that occurred in 1836. -
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia)
It was established on April 10, 1722, at a site in what is now Victoria County. After exploring the area in January and February of 1747, Escandón recommended moving the La Bahía presidio and mission to the San Antonio River to protect the main road from Mexico to Bexar and East Texas. But Espíritu Santo was not intended to be a permanent institution. With a decree on April 10, 1794, the Spanish government declared that the padres had accomplished their purpose. -
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Mission San Francisco Xavier de los Dolores (de Horcasitas)
Plans to build the San Xavier missions began when a group of Indians from the Yojuane, Deadose, Mayeye, and Ervipiame groups asked for a mission in their territory. While investigating possible sites for building a presidio in the summer of 1750, Capt Múzquiz found 153 Indians at Mission San Francisco Xavier and noted that 77 baptisms had been performed since 1748. A drought and an epidemic also plagued the missions between 1752 and 1755. It then shut down due to hostile Lipan Apaches. -
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Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá
Missionaries established Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá in 1757 to Christianize the eastern Apache Indians. A mission for the Apaches had been advocated for years. When they finally went to bring the Apaches over, there were none to great them. Small bands of Apaches began to return, they stayed only briefly. Rumors were heard that tribes were gathering to make war on the Apaches and to destroy the new mission and presidio. -
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Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz
It was established for the Lipan Apaches in 1762 and was located in current-day Real County. It did not last long and was abandoned in 1769. -
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio
Missionaries had attempted to settle and convert to Christianity groups of Indians at Nuestra Señora del Rosario and Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo missions, but the Indians deserted. On January 7, 1830, when fewer than two dozen Karankawa and Coco Indians remained attached to the mission, the Mexican government decreed that the earlier secularization order be executed, and the mission was finally abandoned and left to ruin.