Dates from Exploration and Colonization By Saylor Blanco 1519 1519 Pineda maps Gulf of Mexico 1537 1537 Cabeza de Vaca reports on exploration in Texas 1682 1682 Establish first mission at Corpus Christi de la Ysleta 1685 1685 La Salle settle Fort St. Louis 1687 1687 Father Hidalgo caused the Spanish to be suspicious of French colonization 1690 1690 Established the mission San Francisco de los tejas in East Texas. 1 Mission in East Texas. 1718 1718 San Antonio founded 1719 1719 East Texas missions are moved to San Antonio 1720 1720 Mission San Jose is completed in San Antonio and other mission are built