Spanish Colonial Texas
Missions and presidios from west to east along El Camino Real: Ysleta and Socorro near El Paso, the presidio at San Sabá, San Antonio, Goliad, and the first missions among the Tejas in East Texas.
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- Counties
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- Miles apart
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Miles are straight-line distance between stops, in list order. Driving distance is longer.
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Socorro Mission La Purísima
Socorro · El Paso County · erected 1983
During the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Gov. Don Antonio de Otermín and Father Francisco de Ayeta led Piro Indian and Spanish refugees out of New Mexico into this region, establishing a settlement they named Socorro after the home they had left.
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San Elizario
San Elizario · El Paso County · erected 1985
San Elizario was established in 1789 on the former site of Hacienda de Los Tiburcios as a Spanish colonial fort known as the Presidio de San Elceario.
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Real Presidio de San Saba
Menard · Menard County · erected 1936
Originally established on the San Gabriel River as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier in 1751 moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection to the Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba known as the Presidio de San Luis de Las Amarillas…
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Route of El Camino Real
San Antonio · Bexar County · erected 1979
The main thoroughfare of early Texas, The Camino Real, or "King's Highway", followed ancient Indian and buffalo trail.
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Mission Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga
Goliad · Goliad County · erected 1969
(Mission of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit of Zuniga) Founded in 1722 by the Aguayo Expedition on "La Bahia del Espiritu Santo" (the Bay of the Holy Spirit), present Lavaca Bay.
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Presidio de Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia
Goliad · Goliad County · erected 1969
(Fort of Our Lady of Loreto of the Bay) One of the most historic Spanish forts in Texas.
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Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
Grapeland · Houston County · erected 1968
First Spanish Mission in East Texas.
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Presidio Nuestra Senora de los Dolores de los Tejas
Douglass · Nacogdoches County · erected 2014
On April 25, 1716, Captain Domingo Ramón embarked on an expedition to establish a permanent settlement in the Spanish province of Texas, which resulted in the establishment of Presidio Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas (also…
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