Spanish Colonization-Payton Grubbs 3rd By 69paytongrubbs 1519 Pineda Maps Gulf Mexico 1537 Cabeza de Vaca Reports on Explorations in Texas 1682 Establish First Mission at Corpus Christi de la Yselta 1685 La Salle Settles in Fort St. Louis 1687 Father Hidalgo Caused Spanish Suspicious of French 1690 Established the First Mission San Francisco de los Texas in East Texas (1st Mission in East Texas) 1718 San Antonio was Founded 1719 East Texas Missions are Moved to S.A. 1720 Mission San Jose Completed in San Antonio and Other Missions Built