Mission of Texas

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    Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

    established by Antonio de Otermin governor of New Mexico
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    Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches

    Authorized by Spanish goverment to serve against the threat of the French
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    Mission San Antonio de Valero

    The word Alamo means cottonwood
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    Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo

    Queen of the Missions.
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    Mission San Juan Capistrano

    The mission never prospered due to a lack of sufficient landc
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    Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario

    Established by Father Juan de Dios Camberos to minister to the Karankawa tribes.
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    Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe

    features at this site included five springs, fertile fields, timber, meadows and the nearby river.
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    Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá

    was destroyed by 2,000 Comanches
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    Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio

    One corner of the mission church lies under the foundation of Our Lady of Refuge Catholic Church in Refugio
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    Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz

    Over a period of eight years, the padres and their followers constructed 14 adobe and limestone buildings.