Important times in the age of contact By Rays a spoon 1519 Pineda maps Gulf of Mexico 1537 Cabrera de baca reports on explorations in Texas 1682 Establish first mission at Corpus Christi de la Ysleta 1685 La sale settle fort St. Louis 1687 Father Hidalgo caused the Spanish to be suspicious of French colonization 1690 Estalished the mission San Fancisco de lots tejas in East Texas. 1st mission in Texas. 1718 San Antonio founded 1719 Easy Texas missions are moved to San Antonio 1720 Mission San Jose is completed in San Antonio and other missions are built