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Mission Corpus Christi de San Antonio de la Ysleta Sur
Ysleta has been a meeting and mixing place, mainly for being near a river and as a gateway to the New Mexican settlements up north.
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San Francisco de los Tejas
The Mission was established to solidify the Spanish-French boundary from French intrusions from the east and as a response to the La Salle (French) expedition.
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Mission Concepción
The Mission complex became a self-sufficient, self-contained village surrounded by farmland irrigated by the acequias.
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Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches
Ibarvo first built the Old Stone Fort, which still stands today.
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Mission San Antonio de Valero
The first church was a simple adobe structure.
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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
It became known as the "Queen of the Missions."
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga
The mission operated the first large cattle ranch on the frontier of New Spain and supplied the needs of communities as far away as Louisiana. www.nps.gov/nr/travel/tx/tx21.htm -
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
The Espada Aqueduct and Acequia were constructed between 1731 and 1745 and are significant for their engineering qualities as portions of the system are still operational today.
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Mission Nuestra Señora del Refugio
The mission has the distinction of being the last Spanish religious outpost established in Texas and the last one to be closed.
www.austinchronicle.com/columns/2010-11-05/day-trips
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