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The land for Mission Tejas State Park was purchased with contributions from the local community. Following the discovery of some Spanish artifacts in the area and an increased interest in finding the original location of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the local community sought to preserve this history. Believing this tract of land to have ...
Mission Tejas State Park encompasses the original site of the mission. The mission relocated to its current location in the San Antonio River area (coordinates 29.3177°, -98.4498°) in March 1731 and was renamed San Francisco de la Espada. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756.
The El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail is a national historic trail covering the U.S. section of El Camino Real de Los Tejas, a thoroughfare from the 18th-century Spanish colonial era in Spanish Texas, instrumental in the settlement, development, and history of Texas. The National Park Service designated El Camino Real de los ...
While in the neighborhood, visit Mission Tejas State Park, which includes a CCC-era version of a mission church, and Weeping Mary, the post-emancipation freedom colony with an unforgettable name ...
Nevertheless, we examined a swale on Talbot's land, then headed east, first to Mission Delores State Historic Site (closed) in San Augustine, and onward to the Lobonillo Swales, a small park with ...
A commemorative representation of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, is located in Weches at Mission Tejas State Park. [44] [45] [46] San Juan Capistrano: 29.3325, -98.45542: 1731 Was originally San José de los Nazonis. It served Coahuiltecan natives. It was often raided by Apaches. [47] [48] [49] [46] Nuestra Señora de la Purísima ...
Meridian State Park: Mission Tejas State Park: Houston 660 acres (270 ha) 1957 Mission Tejas State Park: Monahans Sandhills State Park: Ward, Winkler 3,840 acres (1,550 ha) 1957 Monahans Sandhills State Park: Mother Neff State Park: Coryell 259 acres (105 ha) 1937 Mother Neff State Park: Mustang Island State Park: Nueces 3,954 acres (1,600 ha) 1979
Los Adaes was the capital of Tejas (Texas) on the northeastern frontier of New Spain from 1721 to 1773. It included a Franciscan mission, San Miguel de Cuéllar de los Adaes, [3] and a presidio, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes (Our Lady of the Pillar of the Adaes).